Maryam Rajavi is a pioneer in the struggle for democratic change in Iran. She was born on December 4, 1953, in Tehran, where she earned her B.S. in Metallurgy from the Sharif University of Technology in Iran. Rajavi joined the MEK soon after finishing university. Following the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution, she ran for a seat in Parliament from Tehran during the first parliamentary election in 1980.
In August 1993, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Iranian Resistance's parliament-in-exile, elected Maryam Rajavi as Iran's President-elect for the transitional period following the mullahs' overthrow. She subsequently resigned from her other posts to focus on her new responsibility as NCRI’s President-elect. In her new position, Rajavi has presented a formidable political, social, cultural and ideological challenge to the misogynist mullahs who invoke God to justify their actions. She has also worked to inform the world community about the objectives of the Iranian Resistance on a variety of issues.
Maryam Rajavi advocates tolerance among various religions and faiths. She consistently stresses the promotion of secularism, based on a tolerant interpretation of Islam, and considers the followers of all religions equal in the eyes of the law. Maryam Rajavi has led a global movement comprised of some of the most celebrated political and social personalities, including former U.S. government officials in the political and military arenas, as well as political personalities and parliamentarians from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.
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