The Iran National Council (NCI; Persian: شورای ملی ایران, romanized: Šurā-ye melli-e Irān), officially the Iran National Council for Free Elections,[6] is an umbrella group of the exiled opposition to Iran's Islamic Republic government,[1] participating in the Iranian democracy movement.

The self-styled[7] National Council claims to have gathered "Millions of pro-democracy proponents from both inside and outside Iran.

"[3] It also claims to represent religious and ethnic minorities.

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