US EditionExiled crown prince calls for US intervention on ‘instrument of repression’ in Iran
Reza Pahlavi urges democracies to act against Iran's Revolutionary Guard to protect protesters amid a crackdown that killed at least 3,379 people, according to Iran Human Rights.
- On Friday, Reza Pahlavi, exiled crown prince of Iran, urged targeted strikes on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to degrade command-and-control and prevent further mass violence.
- After shopkeepers in Tehran struck over living costs, protests spread and escalated, rights groups report at least 3,400 killed amid a near-total communications blackout with HRANA citing 2,595 deaths.
- Pahlavi says his team is in contact with the U.S. administration but declined to disclose specifics; U.S. officials say military action remains on the table and have moved assets into the region, while Israel and Gulf Arab states caution strikes may not topple Tehran.
- He also pressed the international community to restore internet, block officials' assets, and expel Iranian diplomats, with Tehran using Pahlavi's protest call as a legal turning point.
- Analysts note Reza Pahlavi's symbolic role amid unclear nationwide backing, as his roadmap proposes a council concentrating power and he said, `Iranian people are taking decisive actions on the ground. It is now time for the international community to join them fully.
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AlKhaleej TodayExiled Iranian royal Reza Pahlavi urges international action as protests rage at home
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 — The son of Iran’s late shah said Friday he was confident that mass protests would topple the Islamic republic and urged international action, as President Donald Trump holds off on intervening in the unrest.Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the Washington area, has presented himself as leader of the opposition as the cleric-run state ruthlessly represses mass protests.“The Islamic republic will fall – not if, but when,” Pa…
The exiled son of the last Iranian sha (king), Reza Pahlavi, this Friday asked the world to help the protesters overthrow the Iranian government, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and said he trusts that “the Islamic Republic will fall.” Pahlavi, who lives in the United States and in the last few days has risen as one of the strongest opposition voices against the repression of protests in Iran, asked to attack the leaders of the Iranian Revolution…
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The son of Iran's former Shah, Reza Pahlavi, who is declared ready to conduct a democratic transition in Iran, was convinced, on Friday, in a Washington speech, that the Islamic Republic will fall due to mass demonstrations and called for “surgical” attacks against the Revolutionary Guards, reports AFP.
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