In 1992, the EP Council supported Maryam Rajavi's advocacy for "the international community act specially in favor of women’s rights" following condemnation of human rights violations by the Iranian government. Rajavi presented her plan at the
Council of Europe in 2006, which supports complete gender equality in political and social rights and, specifically, a commitment to equal participation of women in political leadership. Her 10-point plan for the future of Iran stipulates that any form of discrimination against women would be abolished and that women would enjoy the right to choose their clothing freely. It also includes the ending of cruel and degrading punishments. In April 2021, Maryam Rajavi endorsed resolution HR 118, which expresses "support for Iranian people's desire for a democratic republic" and "condemns 'violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism' by Tehran". In July 2021, Rajavi organized a rally in
Berlin to protest the election of
Ebrahim Raisi as President of Iran. Rajavi called Raisi the "henchman" of
the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. She was joined in the protest by former U.S. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo, who expressed his support for Rajavi and the
National Council of Resistance of Iran. In a statement that condemned the
ISIS attacks
against Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Rajavi stated: "ISIS's conduct clearly benefits the Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Khamenei, who wholeheartedly welcomes it as an opportunity to overcome his regime's regional and international impasse and isolation. The founder and the number one
state sponsor of terror is thus trying to switch the place of murderer and the victim and portray the central banker of terrorism as a victim." A 10-point manifesto published by Rajavi sets out a programme to transform Iran. She states her commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to other similar international organizations. She calls for the abolition of the death penalty, the creation of a modern legal system and the independence of judges. Rajavi would end Tehran's funding of
Hamas,
Hezbollah and other militant groups and is committed to peaceful coexistence, relations with all countries and respect for the
Charter of the United Nations. The manifesto also contains the statement that "We recognize private property, private investment and the market economy." In June 2020, a majority of members of the USA's House of Representatives backed a "bipartisan resolution" supporting Rajavi and the NCRI's "call for a secular, democratic Iran" while "condemning Iranian
state-sponsored terrorism." The resolution, backed by 221 lawmakers (including
Louie Gohmert and
Sheila Jackson Lee), gave support to Rajavi's 10-point plan for Iran's future (which include "a universal right to vote, market economy, and a non-nuclear Iran") while calling on the prevention of "malign activities of the Iranian regime’s diplomatic missions." Albania is where most of MEK members are based. In 2024 Rajavi said in a statement that
Ebrahim Raisi's death "represents a monumental and irreparable strategic blow to the mullahs' supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the entire regime, notorious for its executions and massacres". In a similar event on 6 September 2025, Maryam Rajavi joined a crowd of tens of thousands people, celebrating the 60th birthday of the People;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, in
Atomium plaza of
Brussels. Addressing the crowd she said, “I warn Khamenei and the mullahs beware: The waves of executions will not extinguish the volcano of the Iranian people’s revolt! Imprisonment and torture will no longer work. Stoking war and destruction or imposing economic suffering on the people of Iran will not save your decaying regime! Yes, uprising and overthrow are on the way!” Speaking to the crowd In the 6 September 2025 rally of Iranians in Brussels, Rajavi stated, “The answer to the Iranian crisis is the overthrow of the entire religious tyranny! The people of Iran are more prepared than ever! Iranian society is in a volatile state, and the only solution is the Third Option, neither appeasement nor war, but regime change by the people and their organized resistance!” On 7 February 2026, thousands rallied in Berlin to show support for Iranians' nationwide uprising. At the rally, Rajavi said that "The message of the Iranian people and their Resistance has been and remains this: no appeasement, no war or foreign intervention, regime change and sovereignty of the republic of the people, by the people and their organised resistance".
2018 rally incident In 2018, Vienna-based Iranian diplomat
Asadollah Asadi was tried and sentenced to 20 years in prison in a
high-profile case for masterminding a terrorism plot against a rally led by Maryam Rajavi. The rally was also attended by civilians and high-profile Westerners scheduled to speak (including
Rudy Giuliani,
Stephen Harper, and
Bill Richardson). ==Legal issues==