Their leader, Massoud Rajavi, has strange ideas about the cult of personality (his own).

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The group's leader, Maryam Rajavi, said in a statement that the group "welcomed and appreciated" the decision.

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Now calling itself the Iranian Resistance's "parliament", the NCR promptly elected Mrs Rajavi as Iran's future interim "president".

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