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Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Urges Uprising as Iran's Regime Unravels

Claiming that Supreme Leader Khamenei is hiding underground, he outlined a 100-day roadmap for a democratic transition.

Reza Pahlavi was the crown prince during Iran’s pro-Western monarchy, which was overthrown in the 1979 revolution that ushered in the Islamic Republic led by clerics.
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Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks during a meeting with Israel's intelligence minister at a hotel in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2023.

Overview

  • Reza Pahlavi used a video address on June 17 to call for a nationwide uprising to topple the Islamic Republic.
  • He asserted that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has gone into hiding and that the regime is in irreversible collapse.
  • He presented a detailed plan for a 100-day transitional government aimed at establishing national democratic rule.
  • He appealed directly to Iran’s military, police, and state employees to defect and join the popular movement.
  • Israel’s 'Rising Lion' operation and President Trump’s deliberations over U.S. military intervention have raised the stakes in the regional conflict.