The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an anti-Iranian regime group, on Saturday announced the formation of a provisional government after the U.S.-Israeli operation against the Islamic regime. The NCRI said its goal is to “transfer sovereignty to the people of Iran and establish a democratic republic.” The group outlined a ten-point plan for the future of the country. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the NCRI, recently spoke about the group’s vision for Iran. Check it out: I recently spoke with @Maryam_Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, about its vision for a free Iran: – Separation of religion and state– Freedom of expression– Freedom of assembly– Gender equality– Independent judiciary– Free markets-… pic.twitter.com/9GUVWJM0U1 — Kyle Olson (@kyleolson4) February 28, 2026 Read the full Ten-Point Plan below: Rejection of velayat-e faqih (absolute clerical rule). Affirmation of the people’s sovereignty in a republic founded on universal suffrage and pluralism; Freedom of speech, freedom of political parties, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and the internet; Dissolution and disbanding of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the terrorist Qods Force, plainclothes groups, the unpopular Bassij, the Ministry of Intelligence, Council of the Cultural Revolution, and all suppressive patrols and institutions in cities, villages, schools, universities, offices, and factories; Commitment to individual and social freedoms and rights in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Humans Rights. Disbanding all agencies in charge of censorship and inquisition. Seeking justice for massacred political prisoners, prohibition of torture, and the abolishment of the death penalty; Separation of religion and state, and freedom of religions and faiths; Complete gender equality in the realms of political, social, cultural, and economic rights, and equal participation of women in political leadership. Abolishment of any form of discrimination; the right to choose one’s own clothing freely; the right to freely marry and divorce, and to obtain education and employment. Prohibition of all forms of exploitation against women under any pretext; An independent judiciary and legal system consistent with international standards based on the presumption of innocence, the right to defense counsel, right of appeal, and the right to be tried in a public court. Full independence of judges. Abolishment of the mullahs’ Sharia law and dissolution of Islamic Revolutionary Courts; Autonomy for, and removal of double injustices against, Iranian nationalities and ethnicities consistent with the NCRI’s plan for the autonomy of Iranian Kurdistan; Justice and equal opportunities in the realms of employment and entrepreneurship for all of the people of Iran in a free market economy. Restoration of the rights of blue-color workers, farmers, nurses, white-color workers, teachers and retirees; Protection and rehabilitation of the environment, which has been massacred under the rule of the mullahs; and A non-nuclear Iran that is also devoid of weapons of mass destruction. Peace, co-existence and international and regional cooperation. NCRI has described itself as a “parliament in exile.” “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other forces tasked with preserving the regime must lay down their arms and surrender to the people,” Rajavi said in a statement, according to The Washington Times. “Only the people of Iran possess the legitimacy to determine the political future of their country,” she added. The National Council of Resistance of Iran on Saturday announced the formation of a provisional government amid the U.S.-Israeli attack on the Islamic republic regime. https://t.co/KXxV9x44hk — The Washington Times (@WashTimes) February 28, 2026 More from The Washington Times: Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late shah, also called on Iran’s military and security forces to protect Iran and its people, rather than the Islamic republic and its leaders. “Your duty is to defend the people, not to defend a regime that has taken our homeland hostage through repression and crime,” he said Saturday in a statement. “Join the nation and help ensure a stable and secure transition. Otherwise, you will sink with [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei’s ship and his crumbling regime.” Mr. Pahlavi called the U.S.-Israel military operation a “humanitarian intervention” and that the final victory in Iran will be secured by its people. “It is we, the people of Iran, who will finish this task in the final battle. The Time to return to the streets is approaching,” he said.