{"id":9973,"date":"2018-05-08T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=9973"},"modified":"2018-05-08T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:24:23","slug":"overview-of-the-structure-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran-ncri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2018\/05\/08\/overview-of-the-structure-of-the-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran-ncri\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Structure of the National Council of Resistance of Iran – NCRI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is an\u00a0\u00a0overview of the political structure of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),<\/a>\u00a0the Iranian Opposition Parliament in Exile.<\/p>\n

by Mahmood Hakamian<\/em><\/p>\n

NCRI President-Elect<\/h4>\n

The President-elect of the NCRI is\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Her role is to serve as the President-in-exile until the end of the mullahs\u2019 Regime. Then she will take over as President of Iran during the six-month transition period, until a new constitution has been ratified and a new president chosen in the elections.<\/p>\n

NCRI Secretariat<\/h4>\n

The NCRI secretariat is headed by Mahnaz Salimian, the Senior Secretary of the NCRI. It comprises of five secretaries, including Abolghasem Rezai, the Deputy Senior Secretary of NCRI, and is responsible for arranging NCRI meetings, communicating with NCRI members, and performing all administrative tasks.<\/p>\n

NCRI Assembly<\/h4>\n

The NCRI assembly is the decision-making body. It holds weekly informal discussions on current political issues with NCRI members present at the time, as well as meetings with the committee chairs.<\/p>\n

NCRI Committees<\/h4>\n

There are 25 NCRI committees, which are responsible for researching and planning for the future of Iran, effectivity acting as shadow ministries. Some committees have more responsibilities than research and planning, so let\u2019s look at some of those.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Foreign Affairs Committee<\/strong>
\nThe Foreign Affairs Committee of the NCRI must maintain contact with parliamentarians, political personalities, think tanks, UN bodies, NGO’s, and human rights organizations from around the globe as well as publishing numerous papers on the Iranian Regime and any new developments in Iran, in English, French, German, Italian and Arabic.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Women\u2019s Committee<\/strong>
\nThe Women\u2019s Committee of the NCRI works with Iranian women both inside and outside Iran to provide the NCRI with information on women\u2019s rights in Iran. They are also actively involved with global women\u2019s rights groups and NGOs to improve women\u2019s rights in Iran.<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Committee also regularly attends international or regional conferences on women\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Defense and Strategic Research Committee
\nThe Defense and Strategic Research Committee of the NCRI monitors the Iranian Regime\u2019s military activities, especially surrounding its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, through close work with the\u00a0People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0network inside Iran. This has resulted in many revelations about the regime\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile activities.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Political Research Committee<\/strong>
\nThe Political Research Committee of the NCRI is focused on the political situation inside of Iran, from social unrest to factional disputes and any other important developments.
\nIt then prepares reports into these developments, with research from the MEK, which help the NCRI to assess policies and positions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Security and Anti-Terrorism Committee<\/strong>
\nThe Security and Anti-Terrorism Committee of the NCRI is responsible for countering any terrorist or intelligence threats from the Iranian Regime that would undermine the resistance.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the Regime has used its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to conduct a cyber war against the NCRI and the MEK, which includes spreading disinformation.<\/p>\n

The Security and Anti-Terrorism Committee also works with the MEK to reveal the Iranian Regime’s terrorist activities.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arts and Culture Committee<\/strong>
\nThe Arts and Culture Committee of the NCRI is responsible for working with various Iranian societies to enrich Iranian culture and arts, including holding cultural gatherings, concerts and artistic programs.<\/p>\n

They also assess the situation of artists and writers under the Iranian Regime as artists are so often a target of the mullahs.<\/p>\n

Representative Offices of the NCRI<\/h4>\n

These are not based in Paris, unlike most of the NCRI, and are situated in countries across Europe and in the US. These offices must maintain contact with their country\u2019s local and national governments, NGOs, and Iranian Diaspora.<\/p>\n

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The following is an\u00a0\u00a0overview of the political structure of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),\u00a0the Iranian Opposition Parliament in Exile. by Mahmood Hakamian NCRI […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9978,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9973\/revisions\/9978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}