Who is the MEK?
NEWS PROVIDED BY National Council of Resistance of Iran-U.S. Representative Office Nov 20, 2016, 18:17 ET WASHINGTON , Nov. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Formed in 1965, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) , the largest and best-organized Iranian opposition movement, is the main component of the coalition, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which acts as the parliament-in-exile . The NCRI and MEK, have been committed to a secular, democratic, non-nuclear republic; gender equality; freedom of religion, thought, press, and association; support for peace in the Middle East ; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The president-elect of the NCRI is Mrs. Maryam Rajavi , who addressed a rally of 100,000 in Paris , well attended by dozens of prominent speakers from all over the world.