The National Council of Iran (NCI; Persian: شورای ملی ایران‎, romanized: Šurā-ye melli-e Īrān), officially the National Council of Iran for Free Elections,[5] is a loosely based umbrella group of the exiled opposition to Iran's Islamic Republic government.[2] It serves as Reza Pahlavi's government in exile in order to either reclaim the former throne[1] or as the new president of Iran[6] after overthrowing the current government.