Led by Maryam Rajavi, the organization is headquartered in Albania, one of the very few European states with a Muslim majority population. “One of the biggest lies the ruling regime has sold to the world is that there is no alternative,” said Pence at the MEK gathering. “The Iranian regime has never been weaker than it is today” he added, making a reference to the September protests, which revealed internal divisions within the leadership of the regime. The ayatollah regime came into power in 1979 after a coup against the secular pro-Western former Shah government. Since then, the ayatollahs have ruled Iran with an iron fist and ruthlessly crushed most internal opposition.
