The National Council of Resistance of Iran is an Iranian political organization based in France and Albania. It was founded by Massoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr in 1981, and is currently led by Maryam Rajavi. The NCRI is a coalition of Iranian dissident groups, led by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which advocates for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It describes itself as a parliament-in-exile prepared to establish a democratic provisional government in Iran upon the fall of its current government. It is described as the MEK's diplomatic wing.