Iran’s exiled Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, is calling on the Iranian people to finish what he says has already begun—the fall of the Islamic Republic.
In a fiery new video statement, Pahlavi says the regime’s repression “is falling apart,” Ayatollah Khamenei has gone “into hiding like a frightened rat,” and the people should rise up now—before the window closes.
Watch the video here:
The Islamic Republic has reached its end and is in the process of collapsing. Khamenei, like a frightened rat, has gone into hiding underground and has lost control of the situation. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright, and together, we will pass through this sharp turn in history.
He goes on to name cities across the country, from Shiraz to Isfahan, Mashhad to Ahvaz, urging Iranians to flood the streets in a final push to reclaim their country.
To Iran’s military and government workers, he’s urging defection:
“Do not stand against the Iranian people for the sake of a regime whose fall has begun and is inevitable.”
Pahlavi insists there’s a post-fall plan already in place:
“We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government—by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people.”
Read the full transcript here:
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