Gathering of "families of members of the People's Mojahedin Organization" in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tehran

The MEK and its political wing the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) are far from having universal support among the Iranian diaspora but are backed by several high-profile former US and European officials. Pence, vice president under Donald Trump who is now seeking to challenge his former boss for the Republican nomination, told a conference in Auvers-sur-Oise outside Paris that the "Iranian regime has never been weaker than it is today" in the wake of the protest movement that erupted in September.