Message from Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran for the Transitional Period, to the Iranian People
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi sent a message today, February 28, 2026, to the people of Iran for the transitional period. The text of this message follow:
Dear compatriots,
Our homeland continues to endure greater pain and destruction under the rule of religious fascism. In these difficult circumstances, I call on all of you, especially the courageous youth of our country, to care for civilians and the general public, particularly children and the elderly. Protect them and help one another.
Now is the time for solidarity. Our strength lies in the unity and cohesion of our people against the religious dictatorship and the remnants of monarchical fascism that seek to steal the democratic revolution.
At this critical moment, I call upon our compatriots and all forces of Iran’s democratic revolution to remain vigilant and prepared.
In the war that has erupted today over the clerical regime’s nuclear and missile programs, programs that the Iranian Resistance exposed three decades ago, all parties involved must exercise the utmost care to prevent any harm to the Iranian people and to the country’s civilian infrastructure.
I call on the public at large, especially supporters of the Resistance, the youth in Resistance Units, the members of the Liberation Army, and all awakened women and young people, to rush to the aid of those affected.
I reiterate that the ultimate solution is the overthrow of this regime and the determination of Iran’s destiny by the Iranian people and the organized Resistance, by the brave sons and daughters of the nation in the Resistance Units and the ranks of the Liberation Army.
Our path leads toward the future and the establishment of a democratic republic, not a return to the buried dictatorship of the past.
Based on the Ten-Point Plan announced for the transfer of sovereignty to the people of Iran, the National Council of Resistance of Iran announced the provisional government. The precedent for such a provisional government dates back to October 1981.
I call on patriotic personnel in the armed forces to stand with the Iranian people. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other forces tasked with preserving the regime must lay down their arms and surrender to the people.
I declare to the international community that only the people of Iran possess the legitimacy to determine the political future of their country. Iran is not its regime. Iran is its people. No future for Iran can be realized from the outside; it can only be built by the Iranian people themselves. I call on all to support the people of Iran.
As the Iranian people demonstrated during the January uprising, they seek a future based on a democratic republic and reject both the Shah and the mullahs.
Our homeland has passed through many turbulent periods. It will pass through this moment as well. But within the people’s front, we must choose unity, solidarity, and hope, and be prepared to pay whatever price it requires.
Long live the people of Iran. Victory to Iran’s democratic revolution.
