US EditionTrump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran
Trump expressed doubts about Reza Pahlavi's ability to unify Iran's fragmented opposition amid mass protests against the clerical government, noting the regime could still collapse.
- U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Jan 14 told Reuters, `He seems very nice, but I don't know how he'd play within his own country`, expressing doubt about Reza Pahlavi's domestic support.
- Amid mass protests in Iran, thousands have reportedly died in a violent crackdown while Reza Pahlavi, U.S.-based exile and opposition voice, leads monarchists within a fragmented opposition.
- Trump hedged in the interview, saying he was not ready to fully endorse Reza Pahlavi and recalling last week he had no plans to meet him, underscoring continued reluctance.
- Trump warned the clerical government could fall and said "any regime can fail," calling it an "interesting period of time," and he is to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House on Jan 15.
- Alongside Iran remarks, Trump blamed Volodymyr Zelenskiy for blocking a Russia deal and said Vladimir Putin is "ready to make a deal", while urging Republican Senate Republicans to support his Fed nominees amid a DOJ probe into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Trump Questions Support for Exiled Crown Prince in Iran
President Donald Trump questioned on Jan. 14 how much support the exiled crown prince of Iran had in the Middle-Eastern country. Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—who was ousted in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which brought the first ayatollah to power—has been a prominent figure in the protests that have raged in that country since December 2025, cheering on the demonstrators from abroad. Trump, however, i…
The US President has expressed doubts about the ability of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who is trying to impose himself as the figure capable of proposing an alternative to the Islamic Republic, to gather the necessary support in Iran.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Iranian opposition leader Reza Pahlavi “seemed very sympathetic”, but expressed his uncertainty about his ability to get support from the Iranian population to take over the latter.
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