On 7 March 2026, thousands of Iranian Americans and members of ethnic minorities, including Kurds and other Iranian communities, gathered in Washington, D.C., for a massive rally supporting Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and her announcement of a provisional government. The demonstrators endorsed her Ten-Point Plan for a free, democratic republic, calling for the transfer of sovereignty to the elected representatives of the Iranian people after the fall of the current regime.

The Washington rally featured Ms. Soona Samsami, Representative of the NCRI in the United States, and Mr. Arash Saleh, Representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Participants, including diaspora groups and ethnic minority communities, called for international recognition of the provisional governing body and urged world governments to support the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom.

Speakers highlighted that a peaceful and inclusive transition requires the participation of all Iranians who have struggled for representation. They emphasized that regime change in Iran is the right of the people and the organized Resistance Units. Former Congressman Judge Ted Poe also addressed the rally, expressing support for the NCRI’s plan and its vision of a non-nuclear, democratic, and free Iran.

The protesters underscored the long-standing struggle against the Iranian regime and described the provisional government as a framework for a future shaped by and for the people of Iran, with the full inclusion of all ethnic communities that have suffered under the regime.