Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi
Maryam Rajavi
مریم رجوی
	Rajavi in 2014
President-elect of the National Council of Resistance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 1993
Preceded by	Abolhassan Banisadr
Co–equal Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 January 1985 Serving with Massoud Rajavi (until 2003)
Preceded by	Massoud Rajavi (as leader)
Secretary-General of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
	In office; 8 October 1989 – 22 October 1993
Preceded by	Massoud Rajavi
Succeeded by	Fahimeh Arvani
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Liberation Army
	In office; 20 June 1987 – 22 October 1993
Personal details
Born	Maryam Qajar-Azodanlu; 4 December 1953 (age 70); Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Spouses	; Mehdi Abrishamchi (m. 1980; div. 1985) ; Massoud Rajavi (m. 1985, dis. 2003)
Children	1

Maryam Rajavi (Persian: مریم رجوی, née Qajar-Azodanlu, Persian: مریم قجر عضدانلو) is an Iranian dissident politician and the leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), an organization advocating the overthrow of the Iranian government, and president-elect of its National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). She is married to Massoud Rajavi, who is the co-leader of MEK.^[7]^[3]

^ Kenneth Katzman (2001). "Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran". In Albert V. Benliot (ed.). Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country?. Nova Publishers. p. 97. ISBN 1560729546.
^ Kian Parsa (July 2008) [Tir 1387]. "شورای ملی مقاومت، بنیصدر و رجوی، از ائتلاف تا جدایی". Shahrvand Magazine (in Persian) (52). Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b Steven O'Hern (2012). Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 208. ISBN 978-1597977012.
^ Stephen Sloan; Sean K. Anderson (2009). Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest (3 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 454. ISBN 978-0810863118.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference TNY was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Geyer, Georgie Anne (26 August 1996), Iranian Exiles Have A Committed Leader In Maryam Rajavi, Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 1 March 2021, retrieved 20 January 2020
^ "Profile: Maryam Rajavi". BBC News. 17 June 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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[President–elect-1] Kenneth Katzman (2001). "Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran". In Albert V. Benliot (ed.). Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country?. Nova Publishers. p. 97. ISBN 1560729546.

[2] Kian Parsa (July 2008) [Tir 1387]. "شورای ملی مقاومت، بنیصدر و رجوی، از ائتلاف تا جدایی". Shahrvand Magazine (in Persian) (52). Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.

[Hern-4] Steven O'Hern (2012). Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 208. ISBN 978-1597977012.

[5] Stephen Sloan; Sean K. Anderson (2009). Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest (3 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 454. ISBN 978-0810863118.

[TNY-7] Cite error: The named reference TNY was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[8] Geyer, Georgie Anne (26 August 1996), Iranian Exiles Have A Committed Leader In Maryam Rajavi, Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 1 March 2021, retrieved 20 January 2020

[BBC2003-9] "Profile: Maryam Rajavi". BBC News. 17 June 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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