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No decision regarding the resources, borders, and rights of Iran in this body of water will enjoy legitimacy without the consent and genuine participation of the Iranian nation

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The Islamic Republic, amid severe structural weakness and a crisis of legitimacy, intends to advance and implement the “Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea” (Aktau Convention).

This effort by the regime, lacking the backing of the Iranian nation’s will and without clear and complete guarantees of the country’s historical rights, is a disturbing action and a serious threat to Iran’s national interests. Based on the 1921 and 1940 treaties between Iran and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the legal regime of the Caspian Sea was shaped on the basis of shared rights of the parties, the principle of agreement, and mutual interests.

Following the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the newly independent countries, in the “Almaty Declaration” (December 1991), emphasized their commitment to the former Soviet treaties and the guarantee of fulfilling international obligations arising from those contracts and pacts by the successor states. On this basis, any fundamental change in the legal status of this strategic body of water must be carried out with the mutual agreement of all coastal states and in full observance of Iran’s rights. Nevertheless, the Aktau Convention provides for the possibility of concluding bilateral and multilateral agreements among the coastal states regarding portions of the seabed and subsoil of the Caspian Sea—portions that were previously considered part of the shared waters of Iran and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

This dangerous precedent, by circumventing the principle of consensus among all coastal states, effectively undermines Iran’s historical position and diminishes the country’s role in determining the fate of the Caspian Sea. Since the signing of the Aktau Convention in 2018, I have repeatedly warned that “safeguarding national interests from a position of weakness is impossible.”

At that time, I also emphasized that the criminal sect of the Islamic Republic sacrifices the interests of the Iranian nation and homeland for its own survival and, in foreign policy, resorts to successive extortions from a position of weakness.

My stance on the current process remains the same. I consider the Islamic Republic’s effort to ratify this convention an action contrary to Iran’s national interests.

No decision regarding Iran’s resources, borders, and rights in this body of water will enjoy legitimacy without the genuine consent and participation of the Iranian nation. Iran’s rights in the Caspian Sea are non-negotiable and non-waivable.

Any action aimed at infringing upon these rights will be recorded in the historical memory of the Iranian nation, and the decision-makers will be held accountable and called to answer before the Iranian people.

Long live Iran!

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Iran’s crown prince: ‘Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences’

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The crown prince is absolutely right, but it looks as if Trump has given himself over to Qatar and its friends, haters of Israel and lovers of Islam and jihad such as Tucker Carlson, who have convinced him, against mountains of evidence, that “rational men” are now leading the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that Benjamin Netanyahu is the problem for wanting to defend his country from aggressive attacks upon civilians. No good will come of Trump’s deal with Iran, which gives the Islamic Republic far, far more than Barack Obama ever dreamed of giving them. Trump has destroyed his presidency, his legacy, and imperiled the future of not only Israel, but the United States as well, now that he has confirmed that the world’s vaunted sole superpower is actually a paper tiger.

“Son of Iran’s late shah warns against any deal that leaves Islamic Republic intact,” AFP, June 16, 2026:

LONDON, United Kingdom — The son of the ousted shah of Iran spoke out Tuesday against any deal with Iran that leaves the Islamic Republic in place, as Washington prepared to formally sign an agreement with Tehran which the US has said is a done deal….

“Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences,” he declared in a social media post.

“The regime’s 47-year war against the Iranian people continues. Just as it has never made peace with its own citizens, it will never truly make peace with the world,” he said….

Now, on Friday, Washington and Tehran are due to sign a deal meant to end the conflict and clear the way for settlement talks that are expected to leave the regime in place and lift some economic sanctions.

“Any agreement that preserves this regime or its remnants will fail. The Iranian people will not accept it,” Pahlavi, a supporter of Israel, warned.

“With or without international support, the people of Iran will overthrow this regime. Freedom will come to Iran.”

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Iran: Reza Pahlavi is the Only Way Forward

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or forty-seven years, a shadow has stretched across the Plateau, cast by a regime that traded the brilliance of a thousand-year civilization for the darkness of a medieval theocracy.  As the currency collapses and the cries of “Woman, Life, Freedom” echo from the Alborz mountains to the shores of the Persian Gulf, a singular truth has emerged from the chaos: The time for half-measures is over.  Iran’s chains do not need “reform”; they need breaking.  And in this terminal hour, Reza Pahlavi stands not merely as a figure of history, but as the only bridge to a future.

For the Iranian diaspora, scattered from Los Angeles to London, Paris to Sydney, the struggle has often been one of fractured identities and competing ideologies.  Yet as the Islamic Republic’s brutality reaches a fever pitch, the crown prince has emerged as the sole unifying force capable of binding these disparate pieces together.  He is the only leader with the name recognition, the diplomatic weight, and the ancestral mandate to command the world’s attention.

In the United States, where the largest population of exiled Iranians resides, Pahlavi is more than a politician; he is a symbol of what was lost and what can be reclaimed.  He represents the “Real Iran” — a nation that was once a stabilizing force in the Middle East, a reliable partner to the West, and a beacon of modernization.  His message to the diaspora is clear: The exile is nearing its end.

The regime in Tehran survives on fear — fear of the “other,” fear of the West, and most importantly, fear of a power vacuum.  They tell the people that without the mullahs, there is only Syria-style chaos.  Reza Pahlavi is the living refutation of that lie.  His 100-day transition plan and his consistent advocacy for a secular, democratic referendum offer a roadmap where others offer only rhetoric.

Whereas other opposition groups are often riven by internal disputes or tainted by past associations with the current regime, Pahlavi has spent decades cultivating a vision of inclusivity.  He has reached out to ethnic minorities, to the secular left, and even to the disillusioned rank-and-file of the military, offering a path of national reconciliation.  This is the “Cyrus Accords” vision — a return to a great civilization, where every Iranian, regardless of faith or ethnicity, has a stake in the soil.

His recent message to Ali Khamenei was a verdict.  By labeling the Supreme Leader an “anti-Iranian criminal” and invoking the memory of the Nuremberg trials, Pahlavi signaled that the window for “dialogue” has slammed shut.  This is the language of the final battle.  He is telling the killers of Iran’s children that there is no cave deep enough to hide from the coming justice of the Iranian people.  “You, your regime, and all your mercenaries will answer for every drop of blood you have spilled. … Your end is disgrace, eternal shame.”

Why is he the only alternative?  Because history is a cruel judge of timing.  Iran is currently facing an existential trifecta: an economic freefall where the rial is worth less than the paper it is printed on, an environmental catastrophe of drying lakes and dying lands, and a regime that is increasingly willing to drag the nation into a regional war to ensure its own survival.

We do not have the luxury of another decade of “waiting for the right leader to emerge.”  The leader is here.  He has been the steady hand in the background for forty years, waiting for the nation to wake up.  Now that the nation is risen, he is the only one who can translate that “conscious rage” into a functioning state.

To the international community, especially the United States, the choice is binary.  You can continue to chase the ghost of a nuclear deal with a regime that hangs protesters from cranes, or you can stand with the man who promises a nuclear-free, peace-loving Iran that recognizes Israel and normalizes relations with the world.

The sorrow of losing Iran’s finest children — the Mahsas, the Kians, the spent lives of three generations — is a weight that can be lifted only by victory.  This is a national exorcism.  Reza Pahlavi represents the unbreakable will of a people who refuse to be erased from history.

The regime is cracking.  The mercenaries are looking for exits.  The streets of Tehran are waiting for the return of their dignity.  We are closer than ever.  This is the last word.  This is the last chance.  For the sake of the blood spilled and the dreams deferred, long live Iran.

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Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls a Rally, 200,000 People Show Up

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In Munich, on the margin of the NATO conference, 200,000 people took part in the largest rally so far against the Iranian Islamic regime. Inside Iran, after the killings of 36,500 protesters and the wounding of 300,000, demonstrators now restrict themselves to synchronized yelling against the regime from their apartment windows. Outside the country, the Iranians in exile from Toronto to Los Angeles to London declared themselves, in huge demonstrations, in favor of “Death to the Dictator” and “Long Live the Shah [Reza Pahlavi].” On the margin of the Munich Security Conference, 200,000 people took part in the largest single rally so far against the Iranian regime. More on this rally can be found here: “About 200,000 gather as Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi urges US action at Munich rally,” AFP, February 14, 2026:

The exiled son of Iran’s last shah said he was ready to lead the country to a “secular democratic future” at a rally in Munich on Saturday, after US President Donald Trump said a change of power would be the “best thing”….

US-based Reza Pahlavi, who has not returned to Iran since before the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the monarchy, told the crowd of around 200,000 people of his supporters that he could lead a transition.

The crown prince has assured everyone that he will not be an absolute ruler like his father, but only a constitutional monarch, on the British model, more of a figurehead to serve his countrymen as a unifying symbol. And if the Iranians were to decide that they don’t want him to be that unifying symbol once a new, democratic regime is installed, he is clearly perfectly happy to step down.

Pahlavi has urged Iranians at home and abroad to continue demonstrations against the authorities, calling on them to chant slogans from their homes and rooftops at 8:00 pm (1630 GMT) Saturday and Sunday {Feb.14 and 15], to coincide with protests in Germany and elsewhere.

Chanting anti-regime slogans from their homes and rooftops will keep those protesters alive and still able to express, by chanting from on high, their hatred of the regime.

Trump had said on Friday that a change of government in Iran would be the “best thing that could happen”, as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to ratchet up military pressure on Tehran.

And 200,000 people echoed that sentiment in Munich on February 13. Did the voices from that mighty chorus reach Trump’s ear and strengthen his resolve to give the Iranians “the best thing that could happen” to them — that is, the overthrow of the regime that has been tormenting them for 47 years?

According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, at least 7,008 people, mostly protesters, were killed in the crackdown, though they and other rights groups warn the toll is likely far higher.

More than 53,000 people have been arrested, it added….

The latest figures on casualties compiled by Iranian exiles from their contacts inside Iran give a figure of 36,500 protesters killed, and more than 300,000 wounded.

The 200,000 people, almost all of them Iranians in exile, showed the strength of the anti-regime forces. In total, across Europe and North America, a total of almost two million people have shown up to demonstrate against the supreme leader. The crown prince was responsible for calling the protest.

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Reza Pahlavi is Iran’s Only Way Forward

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For forty-seven years, a shadow has stretched across the Plateau, a shadow cast by a regime that traded the brilliance of a thousand-year civilization for the darkness of a medieval theocracy. The air in Iran today is thick, not with the smog of industry, but with the heavy, stifling scent of a dying era. As the currency collapses and the cries of “Woman, Life, Freedom” echo from the Alborz mountains to the shores of the Persian Gulf, a singular truth has emerged from the chaos: the time for half-measures is over. Iran does not need a “reform” of its chains; it needs a breaking of them. And in this terminal hour, Reza Pahlavi stands not merely as a figure of history, but as the only bridge to a future.

For the Iranian diaspora — scattered from Los Angeles to London, Paris to Sydney – the struggle has often been one of fractured identities and competing ideologies. Yet, as the Islamic Republic’s brutality reaches a fever pitch, the Crown Prince has emerged as the sole unifying force capable of binding these disparate pieces together. He is the only leader with the name recognition, the diplomatic weight, and the ancestral mandate to command the world’s attention.

In the United States, where the largest population of exiled Iranians resides, Pahlavi is more than a political figure; he is a symbol of what was lost and what can be reclaimed. He represents the “Real Iran” — a nation that was once a stabilizing force in the Middle East, a reliable partner to the West, and a beacon of modernization. His message to the diaspora is clear: the exile is nearing its end.

The regime in Tehran survives on fear — fear of the “other,” fear of the West, and most importantly, fear of a power vacuum. They tell the people that without the mullahs, there is only Syria-style chaos. Reza Pahlavi is the living refutation of that lie. His 100-day transition plan and his consistent advocacy for a secular, democratic referendum offer a roadmap where others offer only rhetoric.

While other opposition groups are often riven by internal disputes or tainted by past associations with the current regime, Pahlavi has spent decades cultivating a vision of inclusivity. He does not demand a throne; he demands a ballot box. He has reached out to ethnic minorities, to the secular left, and even to the disillusioned rank-and-file of the military, offering a path of national reconciliation. This is the “Cyrus Accords” vision — a return to a Great Civilization where every Iranian, regardless of faith or ethnicity, has a stake in the soil.

His recent message to Ali Khamenei was not just a speech; it was a verdict. By labeling the Supreme Leader an “anti-Iranian criminal” and invoking the memory of the Nuremberg trials, Pahlavi signaled that the window for “dialogue” has slammed shut. This is the language of the final battle. He is telling the killers of Iran’s children that there is no cave deep enough to hide from the coming justice of the Iranian people.

“You, your regime, and all your mercenaries will answer for every drop of blood you have spilled… Your end is disgrace, eternal shame.”  — Reza Pahlavi

Why is he the only alternative? Because history is a cruel judge of timing. Iran is currently facing an existential trifecta: an economic freefall where the Rial is worth less than the paper it is printed on, an environmental catastrophe of drying lakes and dying lands, and a regime that is increasingly willing to drag the nation into a regional war to ensure its own survival.

We do not have the luxury of another decade of “waiting for the right leader to emerge.” The leader is here. He has been the steady hand in the background for forty years, waiting for the nation to wake up. Now that the nation is risen, he is the only one who can translate that “conscious rage” into a functioning state.

To the international community, especially the United States, the choice is binary. You can continue to chase the ghost of a nuclear deal with a regime that hangs protesters from cranes, or you can stand with the man who promises a nuclear-free, peace-loving Iran that recognizes Israel and normalizes relations with the world.

The sorrow of losing Iran’s finest children — the Mahsas, the Kians, the spent lives of three generations – is a weight that can only be lifted by victory. This is not just a political shift; it is a national exorcism. Reza Pahlavi represents the unbreakable will of a people who refuse to be erased from history.

The regime is cracking. The mercenaries are looking for exits. The streets of Tehran are waiting for the return of their dignity. We are closer than ever. This is the last word. This is the last chance. For the sake of the blood spilled and the dreams deferred: Long Live Iran.

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Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi on the Iranian Regime’s End

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While crowd across Iran have chanted “death to the dictator” [the Supreme Leader] and called for “Reza, Reza Pahlavi,” the crown prince himself has set out how he thinks the regime in Iran should come to an end, and what will then happen to Iranian-Israel relations. More on his discussion of Iran’s future can be found here: “Pahlavi dismisses calls for US-led regime change in Iran, predicts ‘Cyrus Accord’ with Israel,” by James Genn, Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2026:

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi does not believe that it is necessary for the US to extract Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and put him on trial for his crimes, downplaying chatter that the US military may conduct such an operation, similar to the extraction of Maduro from Caracas, Venezuela.

Pahlavi’s comments came during an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Tunku Varadarajan via Zoom, published on Monday.

“I think that change in Iran is ultimately in the hands of the people of Iran themselves,” he affirmed.

“Many governments have reasons to hold Khamenei accountable, but I think it will be far more appropriate for this to be solely in the hands of the Iranian people, and to have world governments be supportive” of their fight to free themselves, he added.

“I don’t think it’s a matter of any kind of outside intervention, either a military or a special ops kind, because I think the regime is collapsing. The regime is at its weakest.”

The crown prince insists that Iranians themselves must be in charge of their own destiny. It is much better if they themselves topple the regime, instead of having outsiders do it. This would give the new regime its greatest legitimacy. He sees the future Iran as a constitutional monarchy, with the crown prince as the largely symbolic head of state (akin to King Charles in England). Trump has already done enough to support the current protests by warning the regime not to kill protesters, for if it does, then he may attack Iran’s security forces, including the most menacing troops supporting the current regime, the troops of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). But that does not mean a large-sale invasion by American troops is necessary. Strikes from the sky from American fighter jets should be enough to ensure that the army and the IRGC stick to batons rather than bullets. On the ground, those protesters, who are now all over the country, will then find those regime enforcers who will no longer dare to shoot them down largely unintimidating.

Neither Obama nor Biden were prepared to support the protesters in the past. Obama did not lift a finger to help the 2009 Green Movement, which the government quickly suppressed. Biden was even worse in 2022, when there were protests following the killing of Mahsa Amini. He did not punish Iran in order to change its behavior, but instead allowed the Iranian government access to $200 billion in oil revenue that the U.S. could have withheld.

That $200 billion went to pay both for Iran’s nuclear program and for supporting, with money and weapons, its three main proxies — Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. That is why the protesters today shout “No to Gaza, No to Lebanon. My life for Iran.”

Iran is how suffering a historic drought, its worst in modern times. Lakes and rivers have dried up; many dams are as a consequence no longer working, and electricity blackouts are frequent. Some in the current government have suggested that Tehran’s entire population of ten million may, because of the drought, have to be moved to other areas where there is more water. The crown prince knows that Israel is a world leader in the husbanding of water use through drip irrigation, in desalination, and in the production of water out of the ambient air by use of the WaterGen machine produced by Israeli scientists. Israel has a great deal to offer in the management of water resources and Iran has a great need for such expertise. A new and democratic regime in Iran, not the one now in power that rants endlessly about destroying the Little Satan, will be able to take advantage of what Israeli hydrologists have to offer.

The protests across Iran show no signs of diminishing. Most of the chants now are not about economic matters, as in 2019, or about the mistreatment of women following the beating to death of Mahsa Amini by the religious police for failing to adjust her hijab properly in 2022, but about the regime itself: “Death to the dictator!” and “Reza, Reza Pahlavi.”

Reza Pahlavi has no ambition to be a ruler in his father’s stern vein; he has repeatedly said he would serve only if the Iranians want him, and that he would remain, as a head of state, largely above the political fray. So far he has not made a false move. And were Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to become that head of state, which seems more likely with each passing day of the protests across Iran, he is certain to make sure that Iran and Israel are once again friends and allies, as they were so durably during his father’s reign.

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Reza Pahlavi Appeals to Iranian Officials to Break with the Islamic Republic

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Reza Pahlavi is the son of the late Shah, who has been living in exile in the United States ever since Ayatollah Khomeini replaced his father as the ruler of Iran. He has been appealing to Iranian officials, including military leaders, to break with the Islamic Republic, now that it has been dealt blow after blow by Israel, severely weakening the hold of the regime on its people.

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More about his latest appeal to his fellow countrymen, especially about the maleficent power of the IRGC, and his own possible role in a future Iranian government, can be found here.

Iran’s Crown Prince Pahlavi offers way out, but the IRGC must fall first — analysis

More about his latest appeal to his fellow countrymen, especially about the maleficent power of the IRGC, and his own possible role in a future Iranian government, can be found here.

The ceasefire announced in the early hours of Tuesday morning could bring some much-needed respite after 12 days of Israel bombing Iran, Iranian missiles killing Israelis, and the US finally entering the fray.

But while missiles may no longer be flying, a crucial question still hangs in the balance: the future of the Islamic Republic.

At a Monday press conference in Paris, Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi presented his plan for a viable future for Iranians outside of the Islamic regime, which has held the country in its grip for 46 years.

“I have a direct message for [Iranian Supreme Leader] Ali Khamenei,” Pahlavi stated. “Step down. And if you do, you will receive a fair trial and due process of law, which is more than you have ever given any Iranian.

“To other senior regime officials: Those of you whose hands are soiled with the blood of the Iranian people, you too will have to face justice. But we will not repeat the mistakes made in other failed transitions. To those of you who are loyal to the Iranian nation and not the Islamic Republic, there is a future for you in a democratic Iran if you join the people now. The choice is yours to make.”

Pahlavi was directing his message at the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the regime’s feared enforcer.

“To that end, today, I am announcing that I am establishing a formal channel for military, security, and police personnel to reach out directly to me, my team, and our expanding operation. This is a secure platform to efficiently manage the growing volume of inbound communications and requests from those breaking with the regime and seeking to join our movement.”…

Israel has killed several high-ranking Iranian officials, including Hossein Salami, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and, more importantly, commander-in-chief of the IRGC; Gholam Ali Rashid, deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces and head of the IRGC’s Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters; and Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force, the IRGC’s special forces.

In fact, the IDF has killed not “several high-ranking Iranian officials,” but more than two dozen of its generals and senior commanders in both the IRGC and the regular army.

Reza Pahlavi appeals in his address not only to the people of Iran, three-quarters of whom have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Islamic Republic and the corrupt and cruel rulers they have had to endure. His appeal is mainly to the leaders, both military and civilian, who hold power, but may finally realize that for the regime, so weakened by Israel’s onslaught, the end is nigh. They have seen dozens of their generals and commanders killed, fifteen of Iran’s senior nuclear scientists assassinated, the nuclear facilities built around the country, including the three most important ones at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, largely destroyed. The Islamic Republic is believed to have spent more than one hundred billion dollars on its nuclear program that has now been reduced to dust and ashes. Ten of Iran’s airbases have been destroyed, as have the planes — F-4s, F-14s, AH-1s — that were sitting ducks on the tarmac or in bunkers. Iran’s store of ballistic missiles has been greatly reduced, its ballistic missile factories flattened. Surely this has caused some of those Iranian leaders, not all of whom are fanatical Muslims in the vein of the Supreme Leader, to consider both the future wellbeing of their country, and their own wellbeing in the face of ever greater public disaffection.

Reza Pahlavi offers himself as a possible constitutional monarch with purely symbolic powers in the Iran that is to come after the Islamic Republic crumbles. He sees himself in the vein of the Scandinavian kings, fulfilling purely ceremonial roles, not as an absolute monarch as was his father. He’s worth heeding, both in Iran, among the members of the ruling class whose loyalty to the regime is wavering or gone, and in the chanceries of the West.

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Prince Reza Pahlavi: Iran’s New Cyrus

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Some 2,500 years ago, a farsighted and benevolent king, Cyrus the Great, issued a historic proclamation to the varied peoples of his vast empire. He granted every people their rights to dignity, independence, beliefs, and way of life. This trailblazing king considered the first author of the Charter of Human Rights, showed the justice and feasibility of diverse peoples living peacefully with one another to benefit all.

Fast-forward

For the past 45 years, Prince Reza Pahlavi has put his life on the line to help his people who desperately want him to return. Pivotal to the liberation of the people, their well-being, and prosperity is the enshrining of liberty as the birthright of every individual, group, and nation. Without freedom of thought, belief, and conduct within the bounds of the law, both the individual and the collective will be stifled, resulting in a human enterprise unworthy of the name.

Prince Pahlavi has spent most of his life abroad, mainly in the US. He has become an avid supporter of human rights and a passionate advocate of freedom for his fellow compatriots inside Iran, who call his name almost daily. He is the most popular and beloved opposition figure among Iran’s young and the old. Years of activism have made him a seasoned political practitioner.

Pahlavi believes in equal justice under the law for all Iranians. It is indispensable to exercising freedom and protecting the rights of all Iranian people to choose their own government through a transparent referendum and a complete separation of religion and state. Religion and civil governance are separate realms; intrusion into the other is fraught with significant harm. Hence, iron-clad provisions are needed to keep the two domains apart.

Equally, as with King Cyrus, Prince Pahlavi is also aware that Iran is home to religiously and ethnically diverse people, and each and every one is an equal shareholder of the homeland. Therefore, Pahlavi guaranteeing equality to all its citizens demands no less than total adherence to the principle of unity in diversity, a unity of purpose that draws from the strength and uniqueness of its constituents.

Sadly, history repeats itself. The Obama and Biden administration failed to voice their support for the people. It implied that what was happening in Iran was a kind of family squabble best left to be settled by the Iranians themselves. A family feud indeed. One side of the “family” with legions of savages armed to the teeth, the Revolutionary Guard  (IRGC) and their hired thugs, and the other side of the “family” defenseless civilians using their voices to plead their case. The Islamic rulers spared no heinous means in mercilessly silencing the voices of the people.

Israel was the only country that stood firmly with the people of Iran during the recent uprising. In fact, the courageous honorable MK Gila Gamliel, Minister of Intelligence of the State of Israel, hosted a historic invitation of His Imperial Highness Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, and his beautiful Queen, Yasemin Pahlavi.

No other country provided even moral support for the Iranian people, while the vicious mullahs and their thugs consolidated their rule of terror with impunity. In fact, the world’s silence is deafening while they are deeply engaged in the Ukraine war

In an interview with VOA, while not explicitly ruling out his potential candidacy for the elected monarch, the crown prince said he does not envisage it. “My national and political mission will come to an end when Iranian people go to vote to select their future system of government,” Pahlavi said. “The leadership [of the nation] will emerge from within the people in Iran,” he added

The non-violent position Pahlavi transcends its practical value has roots in the Iranian belief in the organic oneness of humanity as expressed by the classic Persian poem, Sadi “The children of Adam are members of one body; their creation is of the same essence; when a member suffers; other members have no peace.”

A quick look at the current regime will reveal why people unanimously favor regime change. Under the rule of these adherents of death, everything in Iran has been deteriorating and dying. Despite substantial oil revenues, the per capita income of Iranians is now approximately two-thirds less than what it was before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Every form of misery has also skyrocketed. Drug addiction, prostitution, and suicide have gone through the roof. The young and the educated continue deserting Iran and family, fleeing to the four corners of the earth in search of a decent life.

Iranian people inside and abroad have given Prince Reza Pahlavi power of attorney to lead the current revolution. “Pahlavi, you are our representative,” and “Pahlavi is our choice, the leader of our revolution,” people in every corner of Iran shouted.

Pahlavi’s mission is a transition from the present failed Islamic regime to a secular democracy as the central objective in pursuance of a Constitutional Assembly, elected by the entirety of eligible Iranian voters under the supervision of international monitors. It could be the means to usher in a new system of governance.

The most promising solution is the free world’s united support of Iranian groups opposed to the mullahs’ rule. The Iranian people themselves are fully capable and determined to remove this cancer from their country. The United States, Israel, and other democracies have a considerable stake in the success of the Iranian people in ridding themselves of Islamic tyranny.

The recent revolt may not lead to the immediate downfall of the regime, but we are witnessing the death throes of the Islamic Republic. Even if the uprising ends today, it is but one step in a long struggle to achieve a more representative, democratic, and popular government.

The Iranian warriors are the best match for the ruthless mullahs and their hired Islamic Stormtroopers. The people of Iran themselves are the best solution for the present Iranian conundrum.

Time is of the essence; the clock is ticking, and the window is closing on the Iranian people. Diplomacy cannot be open-ended. We can avoid this unnecessary looming civil war if we only stand and support our opposition leader, Prince Reza Pahlavi, the most rational and politically savvy to lead us. History has many faces; this time, hopefully, we can and will invest in the people of Iran under Prince Reza Pahlavi’s leadership.

In short, the best strategy that stands the greatest chance of success and entails the least risk of stopping an explosive chain reaction is for a “coalition of the willing,” to borrow a phrase, to rally behind the leadership of Prince Reza Pahlavi.

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Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Says a Transition Plan is in Place if Khamenei Falls

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The Iranian regime is a scourge to its own people, Israel and to the West, so to see it fall would be an occasion of celebration. According to Trump:

Iran was “a few weeks away” from developing a nuclear weapon before Israel launched strikes last week…adding that he now seeks “total and complete victory,” not a ceasefire.

But the question of what comes after is another matter. While regime change is not the same thing as nation-building, it is understandable why so many want the current regime to fall. In reading the plethora of reports circulating about the Iranian Islamic regime’s downfall, there is no certainty about what might replace the regime should it fall. One needs also to keep in mind that a majority of Western media has long become activist media, and given their anti-Israel bias, they lack credibility in reporting and analysis.

French President Emmanuel Macron also weighed in, but he is a leftist globalist who has shown little good will to Israel given the historic truth about its deadly enemies. Macron is not so fond of his own country, either, given his open-door immigration policies. He has not protected Western interests; also, he has a habit of calling for “ceasefire” whenever Israel justifiably and prudently retaliates against its enemies and is winning. He did ask one reasonable question, however, that highlights the uncertainly of the fall of the Iranian regime: “Does anyone think Iraq in 2003 or Libya a decade later were good ideas?” Although a valid point for discussion, every situation is different. Iraq and Libya were not nuclear states, and Iran is perhaps the only country where many of its people were celebrating Israeli attacks on their own country.

As Iran continues to grapple with political unrest and calls for reform, Reza Pahlavi, the crown prince of Iran, is an important figure in discussions and debate about the future of Iran. His role could become increasingly central as he provides needed insight, direction and even a possible future role for himself in an Iran free of its current regime. Not only has Netanyahu stated that Israeli attacks “pave way for Iran regime change,” but Pahlavi is calling for regime collapse.

WATCH: Reza Pahlavi: ‘The Islamic Republic has come to its end and is collapsing.’

In 2013, Reza Pahlavi established the National Council of Iran in Paris, comprised of  an exiled opposition group. He now lives in America, where he has long been an active voice for regime change in Iran for secularism, human rights and democracy. That vision is a solid one, which will certainly be backed by the dissidents of Iran, by Israel and the US, unlike in the cases of Libya and Iraq, where regime-change efforts lacked vision and a solid plan.

The well-known Iranian-Canadian human rights advocate Shabnam Assadollahi, who was arrested and imprisoned at age 16 for eighteen months in Iran’s most notorious prison, Evin, gave me a statement on Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s role in leading Iran’s transition:

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is a legitimate and unifying figure, widely recognized by Iranians—particularly those inside Iran—as the trusted leader to guide the country through the critical transition following the fall of the Islamic Republic’s occupying regime. For decades, millions of Iranians have upheld the memory and legacy of the Pahlavi era not only with nostalgia but with renewed calls for national revival, justice, and secular governance.

During nationwide uprisings, particularly in 2017, 2019, and 2022, powerful chants such as «رضاشاه، روحت شاد» (“Reza Shah, may your soul be blessed”) and «ولیعهد کجایی، به داد ما بیایی» (“Crown Prince, where are you? Come to our aid”) resounded across cities and villages alike—despite brutal repression. These are not empty slogans; they are a direct mandate from a people yearning for principled leadership and national sovereignty.

The Iranian people have called upon Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to lead the transitional phase and prepare the country for a genuinely free, fair, and democratic election—one conducted without interference from the United Nations or any foreign entities whose historical involvement has either empowered theocratic tyranny or compromised Iran’s independence. The future of Iran must be decided by Iranians alone.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has repeatedly emphasized his commitment to secular democracy, human rights, and unity across ethnic and religious lines, positioning him as a transitional figurehead—not for personal power, but for the restoration of a democratic republic or constitutional monarchy, as freely chosen by the Iranian people.

Now more than ever, as the occupying regime loses its grip, the people’s voice is clear: the path forward must be rooted in national dignity, historical continuity, and self-determination. Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi embodies these principles and stands ready to serve—not rule—the people of Iran in this historic transformation.

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Want Real Regime Change In Iran? Support The Minorities First

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Iran | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 794

If the world, especially the U.S. and Israel, wants real change in Iran, they need to stop relying on old exiled politicians and start supporting the people who are already resisting the regime on the ground: Iran’s ethnic minorities or, better yet, the non-Persian ethnic groups. 

Who Are These Minorities/Non-Persian Ethnic Groups?

Iran is not just Persians. It is made up of many other peoples, including Kurds in the west, Baloch in the southeast, Ahwazi Arabs in the south, Azeris in the northwest, and Turkmen in the northeast.

These groups make up 50 percent of Iran’s population and have been oppressed for decades, having no rights to speak their language, no political power, and often being targeted with violence by the regime.

Why They Matter

They have suffered the most under the regime, so they are the most motivated to fight back.

They live in the border regions, which makes it easier for them to connect with neighboring countries and resist Tehran’s control.

They trust neither the Shah nor the Islamic Republic – they have been betrayed by both in the past.

What Is Not Working

The West keeps listening to Persian elites in exile – especially monarchists like Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son. But these people have zero power inside Iran and no support from minorities, who remember how badly the Shah treated them.

Whenever movements like Jin, Jiyan, Azadî (“Woman, Life, Freedom”), which started from the Kurdish community, rise up, the moment someone tries to turn it into a pro-Shah campaign, people leave the streets. They have seen this trick before.

What Should Be Done?

Support real grassroots movements especially those led by Kurds, Baloch, Arabs, and others.

Give them security guarantees – because last time they trusted outside powers or the Shah, they were betrayed and slaughtered.

Push for federalism or local autonomy, not another centralized Persian dictatorship.

The Bottom Line

If you want real regime change in Iran, stop pretending the exiled elite will save the country. The real opposition is already inside Iran and it is the minorities. Support them, and you support freedom. Ignore them, and you are just repeating history.

They should suffocate the regime, not support it by the controlled opposition of the shah.

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PEL BERWARI

Pel Berwari is a Kurdish activist based in Kurdistan.

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Protesters in Iran Favor Reza Pahlavi

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Close to forty-six years after the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the people cry for Reza Pahlavi. That is a fact. The rest is history. This is not fiction. This is reality, as we all have witnessed in recent protests in Iran, where people have been shouting for him to come back and save them from the brutal Islamic regime.

WATCH: Iranian protestors showing no signs of stopping mass uprising against regime

There are millions of reasons for this call. One of which Prince Pahlavi responds: “The failure of theocratic tyranny in Iran.” He continues, “The second highest rate of executions in the world. Millions were spent meddling in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen. The disappearance of our beloved Lake Urmia & the desertification of many provinces. Record-high unemployment, and much, much more.

Let’s be clear on one thing: many people are under the assumption that Pahlavi’s ambition is to revive the Monarchy in Iran. Nothing could be further from the truth. He has often asserted that his first and only goal is to free Iran from the hands of vicious mass killers, the Mullahs, and their cronies. He has no ulterior motive other than doing what he can to help his countrymen in Iran, and his willingness to become the catalyst to dislodge the current brutal regime.

He has advocated a referendum for people to decide what type of government they desire. “Iranians are the ones who decide their destiny and the future form of their government in a free and democratic referendum.”

During widespread demonstrations across Iran in December and January, many protesters chanted slogans supporting the Pahlavi dynasty. They particularly praised what the dynasty’s founder Reza Shah the Great, Prince Reza’s grandfather, did for his country.

Pahlavi was only 17 years old when the Islamic revolution occurred. A young and only heir to the crown of the Pahlavi Dynasty. “I left the day after my high school graduation with a couple of suitcases,” Pahlavi recalls, “not at all able to imagine this would be the last day I would be in my homeland.”

Many Iranians, including myself, can relate to him. I left Iran at the same age. This thuggish revolt in Iran, better known as the Islamic Revolution of Iran, did nothing for Iran except take Iran back 1400 years. There were never any questions about the Islamists denigrating Iran and exulting in Islamic culture. These mullahs owe their livelihood and parasitic lives to the lucrative business of lies and deception of the gullible Iranian people.

These leeches need to continue trumpeting the sainthood of their business founder and driving all other competition out of Iran. Give these worms credit for paying homage to the source of their shameful livelihood.

More than four decades of rule by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has not only failed to achieve the security and well-being of its people; it has ensnared the nation in a stifling theocracy where the rights of the governed are routinely violated for the benefit of the governing.

A religious autocracy quickly usurped the revolution of 1979 that brought down King Mohammad Reza Shah, mainly by Western Powers.

Today, with each passing day in Iranian streets, the popularity of Reza Pahlavi is growing. He has solidified his position as the only person capable of bringing change to Iran. People all across Iran call his name daily. They write his name on Iranian money, walls, bridges, and anything they can handle to show solidarity with this man. He has proven to be a highly knowledgeable and respected leader, not only to the Iranian population in Iran but to many opposition groups abroad.

“I am calling upon a process of civil disobedience, which is a method of change. How? By bringing domestic pressure on the system. Suppose enough people refused to cooperate, like Indians in India during the British time, when they could paralyze the system with massive, sustained labor strikes across the nation. In that case, that is not shooting bullets in the streets,” Says Pahlavi.

In an exclusive interview with NEWSMAX, he stated:

“America can help to empower a stable, just, and humane society for our Iranian people through moral support and by not ignoring us. It is particularly urgent to aid us in establishing free media and an open Internet that demand government transparency. Such access to communications has driven dramatic changes in global societies over recent decades.”

Pahlavi has shown by words and actions that the transition from the present failed Islamic regime to democracy is the central objective of his mission. Vital to the effort’s success is abandoning old suspicions, parochial thinking, and scheming for special privileges for individuals or groups. Goodwill and work for the common good are required of all. This new way of thinking is a new paradigm shift from the destructive practices of the past.

In short, the US government and Europeans must stand shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people to end the Islamic nightmare that has cast a cloud of terror over the past forty years. This is a momentous era. You have two choices: Stand with the freedom-loving people of Iran and the leadership of Prince Reza Pahlavi, or step aside.

The people of Iran have already made up their minds. You should, too.

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Son of Shah Visits Israel, Reminds Israelis of Ancient Jewish-Persian Ties

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Before there was the antisemitic regime of the mad mullahs in Iran, before the rule of the antisemitic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and his even more antisemitic predecessor Ayatollah Khomeini, before there were the antisemitic presidents of Iran Ebrahim Raisi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, before the hanging Judge Khalkhali sentenced the leader of Iran’s Jewish community, Habib Elganian, to be executed, there was quite a different Iran, where tens of thousands of Jews lived peacefully and prosperously under the rule of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

Now his son has just visited Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day, to visit Yad Vashem and to share with the Jews of Israel the sorrow and the pity. He came to promise, as the representative of the “other Iran” that is fighting the regime, that when the Islamic Republic falls, the people of Iran will slough off the antisemitism that has been encouraged from the top, and Israel and Iran will return to their former state – one of peace and friendship. More on his now-completed visit to the Jewish state can be found here: “‘Our nations can live in peace,’ son of Iran’s Shah says in Israel visit,” by Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, April 17, 2023:

“Israel and Iran can have a prosperous future,” said Reza Pahlavi — the son of the deposed Iranian Shah —as he and his wife Yakima made their first-ever visit to Israel on Monday night.

“We are very happy to be here and are dedicated to working toward the peaceful [and] prosperous future that the people of our region deserve,” he tweeted on landing in Ben-Gurion Airport where he was greeted by Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, who had arranged his visit.

“From the children of Cyrus, to the children of Israel, we will build this future together, in friendship,” Pahlavi tweeted.

Reza Pahlavi’s reference to Cyrus (590-529 B.C.) was understood at once by his Israeli audience. Cyrus was the Persian king who conquered the Babylonians, and set free the Jews from their Babylonian captivity, allowing them to return to their homeland, the Land of Israel. Many Jews believe that Cyrus helped their ancestors to build the Second Temple. Ever since, in Jewish scriptures and in Jewish minds, that Pesian king has been revered as the exemplar of tolerance, and of sympathy for the Jews. . That is the part of the Persian past that the Shah’s son promises to help resurrect, once the evil regime that has ruled Iran for 44 years is swept away by a popular revolt so strong that the mullahs will prove incapable of suppressing,, as Reza Pahlavi is convinced will happen in his lifetime.

His trip underscores Israel’s message of unity with the Iranian people, given that the two nations have a historic relationship that continued with the modern state and was destroyed only in 1979 during the Islamic revolution that thrust Pahlavi’s father Mohammed out of power.

The Israeli leaders, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, continually stress that they have no quarrel with the Iranian people. Netanyahu, in a 2017 speech spoke of setting up a Farsi -language website to help Iranian farmers learn waste-water management, and insisted, as he has many times since, that the “Iranian people are good and decent people.” Israel only has, he insists, a “quarrel with the wicked regime” that rules over them. He did not say then or since that should Israel successfully destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, humiliating the regime and showing it up, Israel would not only be ending a grave threat to its own existence and to peace in the region, but might well hasten the end of the regime. For how could the Supreme Leader and the rest of his sinister retinue ever recover from such a devastating attack?

Before Khomeini’s ascension to power in 1979, Iran and Israel had been allies, both odd men out as non-Arab states in an otherwise pan-Arab sea.

The Islamic Republic has since treated Israel as an enemy nation and has threatened to annihilate it, a goal which has caused Israeli leaders to view it as an existential threat akin to that which the Jews faced from Nazi Germany. Iranian leaders are also among those who have denied that the Holocaust occurred.

To counter that image, Pahlavi went directly from Ben-Gurion Airport to the national Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem.

“It is especially meaningful for me to be here on #YomHaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, I join Holocaust survivors and their families at @yadvashem to help keep the memory of Holocaust victims alive. As author Elie Wiesel said, without memory there is no hope.”

At the end of the ceremony Pahlavi stood for Israel’s national anthem and then met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah.

And after he had met with Netanyahu and other officials, Reza Pahlavi went to pay a visit to the family of Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife, and two of his daughters, were murdered on April 6 by Palestinian terrorists.

Gamliel [Israel’s Minister of Intelligence, who organized Reza Pahlavi’s trip] said that Pahlavi was “the most senior Iranian personality to ever come to a public visit to Israel. We appreciate the Crown Prince’s expression of solidarity with the citizens of Israel in the face of the severe terrorist attacks perpetrated by Iran.”

She added that she was also grateful for his visit to Yad Vashem “in order to sympathize with the Jewish people, in contrast to Iran’s rulers who deny the Holocaust and encourage antisemitism. Together, through a common vision, we will take the first step in building bridges and collaborations between the two peoples.”

Prior to his arrival Pahlavi wrote of his visit, “I want the people of Israel to know that the Islamic Republic does not represent the Iranian people. The ancient bond between our people [beginning with King Cyrus] can be rekindled for the benefit of both nations.”

Reza Pahlavi also prayed the Western Wall on his second day in Israel.

Pahlavi tweeted that 2,500 years ago, Cyrus the Great had liberated the Jewish people from captivity and helped them rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem.

He said: “It is with profound awe that I visit the Western Wall of that Temple and pray for the day when the good people of Iran and Israel can renew our historic friendship.”

He quoted a verse from the Holy Hebrew Bible saying, “So said Cyrus, the king of Persia, ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of the heavens delivered to me, and He commanded me to build Him a House in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.’”

He also read Psalms, guided by a local rabbi, while praying for peace between the two nations.

Reza Pahlavi also visited the world center of the Bahai’ faith, keenly aware of the savage persecution of Baha’is in Iran today, and wanting to show his solidarity with the Baha’i.

Finally, he met with Iranian Jews, of whom a quarter-million live in Israel, to remember with them their shared past, and to speak of the future when the current Iranian regime has been swept from the scene.

Reza Pahlavi’s visit to Israel was a triumph. He continually recalled the benevolence toward Jews of King Cyrus in the distant past, and in his own sympathetic presence reminded the Jews of Israel of how well Iranian Jews had fared before Ayatollah Khomeini took power. He hoped, and believed, that those tolerant times would surely return when the Iranians overthrew their tormentors. Reza Pahlavi does not want any power for himself. In 2021, he called on Iranians to consider creating an elected monarch position as part of any system that replaces the Islamic republic, while downplaying the prospect that he would serve in such a role. He doesn’t want to inherit power as the late Shah’s son, or even to be elected to serve as a constitutional monarch. His self-abnegation is sincere. Reza Pahlavi’s desire is freedom for the subjugated people of Iran and, as a corollary to that freedom, as he said in Jerusalem on April 15 and 16, the renewal of close ties between those natural friends, and unnatural enemies, the people of Israel and the people of Iran.

AUTHOR

HUGH FITZGERALD

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