History
The NCRI was originally formed by MEK head Massoud Rajavi and former president of Iran Abolhassan Banisadr, who were joined by National Democratic Front and Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran. Some time later the "violent pro-Iraq activities in the Iran-Iraq War caused the NDF and Banisadr to withdraw" from the NCRI. The NCRI is now sometimes referred to by the US State Department as simply as an alias for, or "one of several names used by" the MEK.
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