Posted on 06/23/2025 8:40:51 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi gives a news conference in Paris to speak about the current situation in the country, the need to support Iranians and his future plan for the nation. Calls on Khamenei to step down, and officials loyal to Iranian people to work with him now. Warns international community not to throw ayatollahs a lifeline. Mostly in English, also in Farsi and French in response to Q&A from international press.
Transcript linked below video.
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There was some moderating influence in Islam inspired by Attaturk in Turkey, a bit similar to the Shah.
More civilized Islam would frequently give way to radicals such as in Muslim Spain where somwwhat reasonable Ummayads and successors eventually gave way to extremist Almohads and their precursors.
Well, WE do. But do the people living in Iran, or have they been so radicalized that they want to keep the ayatolloh?
Had you noticed how the American people were propagandized ever since World War 2 to accept a world government and be ruled by special interests and transnational organizations like the UN, WEF, WHO, etc., and were subjected to assassinations, transgressive policies, abuse of children and outright abrogatioon of their Constitution, but last November they finally said "NO"?
The Catholic line in the UK Monarchy - James “The Old Pretender” and Charles “The Young Pretender.”
Based on the comments in this thread, the courageousness of Reza is not obvious or recognized. I say that advisedly having been assigned to our Embassy in Tehran during the fall of the Shah and arrival of Khomeini.
The Iranian people have not chosen their leader since 1953. First, they need the freedom to choose a leader. No one is imposing the Shah’s son on anyone.
Pahlavi? Not a good idea.
If you’re going to do a regime change, do it right, Iran.
The Pahlavi dynasty is not the way to go about it. Remember SAVAK?
You’ ve got it backwards- The Shah’s son is imposing on everyone.
Let the Iranian people choose themselves what type of govt they want
Please forgive my earlier flippance, kabar. I remember meeting you years ago at a White House Correspondents’ Dinner freep.
I can’t help myself—I’ve always seen foreshadowings of the future, often quite precise. I do sense that this Reza Pahlavi is for the most part sincere, loves his country, has become educated in the best sense through travel, has recently been inspired by Trump’s example, and that his words and visions for a better future are moving the Iranian people to stand up. I hope they have the strength to follow through. He of course knows the dangers, but is standing up himself.
Are the Iranian people that incapable of choosing what type of government they want without this fool “ trying to help” ?
He really needs to step back and get on with his life!
Reza Pahlavi will never become the head of Iran, but he has been able to create a cadre of Iranians in exile who want to take down the current regime. He has contacts within Iran that could prove helpful. It will take a coalition to take down the mullahs just like they took down the Shah. The mullahs hijacked the Iranian Revolution.
Iran is now still firing missiles into Israel right up to the ceasefire time of 7am in Israel. Will they ignore the ceasefire time? Ultimately this oppressive regime must be removed to achieve permanent change. I hope Trump and Bibi are working covertly to take down the mullahs. But this remains the primary responsibility of the Iranian people. There is a window of opportunity provided by Israel, which has taken out the political and military leadership.
I remember meeting you and Kristinn at the demonstration and our dinner afterwards. Kristinn is still fighting the good fight at Gateway Pundit. Take care
He has stature and gravitas. Poor fellow, he’s probably the only one who can unify the country.
The “Iranian people” are a hodgepodge of different ethnicities and religious sub-groups.
It would be nice if someone would listen to the speech before commenting. He is a Pahlavi, but he’s not seeking restoration of the monarchy a la Charles II. Listen to the speech.
What? And break a time-honored FR tradition??
What are you, a Communist?
Yes, they are, and that is one of the reasons I am with you on restoring a constitutional monarchy in Iran. There has to be a figurehead, a „uniting figure“ of the entire state.
That’s why the American government wisely did maintain the institution of the monarchy in Japan after 1945. Praise Gen. MacArthur, the blue-eyed Shogun!
And that’s why the monarchy in Spain was reinstated after the death of Gen. Franco.
Prince Juan Carlos of Bourbon, a descendant of the last Spanish King, who became King in 1975, was able to help restore democracy- and he united Spain, a country approximately as ethnically diverse as Iran. He united them all, and he did often mediate between government and opposition, and the Castilians and the other ethnicities of Spain (Catalans, Basques, Galicians, Valencians etc.).
My hope for Iran would be for a similar development 🙏🏻🙂
The apple doesnt fall far from the tree on this one. The Shah was a wicked wicked man.
The entire Pahlavi from Day 1 are usurpers .
They stole the Ahwazis’ oil field, kidnapped their Sheikh, and later murdered him in captivity (1925). 80% of their oil revenues come from Khuzestan, and the Ayatollahs continued the theft and persecution of the Ahwazis. He says he just wants to help restore democracy, but really democracy never took root in Iran.
I may be doxxing myself, but BFD. This is by yours truly.
https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/the-way-out-arabistan/?
Yes, I agree with everything you wrote about Pahlavi’s position. My earliest posts on the thread were attempts to inform those with no background, but total self-confidence that he is a “clown”, a “pretender”, devoid of relevant expertise, aspiring like Baby Doc Duvalier to resurrect his father’s monarchy, rejectable out of hand because of monarchy itself, or only in it for the fame and money.
While my experience does not compare to yours, and taking his words as he spoke them, I noticed the love of his people, his appreciation for the values of the common man such as decency, neighborliness in the world community, entrepreneurship, culture and history—and his moral disgust at the corruption of the regime, aptly comparing their tyranny to the mafia. If nothing else, he is a a visionary and cheerleader to the hearts of people demanding a better, more democratic system for Iran. Thus far, I would put him in the same populist reformer category as Farage, Geert Wilders, Marine lePen, etc. We shall see if he can help elect a Meloni or a Trump.
Someone on the thread mocked his reference to Cyrus (and not about himself, but as an ideal); yet I’ve heard Trump supporters make the same comparison. Lord only knows what has become of FR’s median IQ these days. It’s as if no one sees that the outsider Trump was treated the same way they have done to Pahlavi on this thread, with complete disrespect, mischaracterizations, the whole Alinksky playbook.
I share your appreciation whenever I see kristinn’s byline, and hope he is doing well. He sacrificed a great deal to lead a grassroots chapter in DC. Great to interface with you again, and all the best to you, kabar.
I read it , a history lesson & very detailed but once I read of the allergy to fossil fuels I stopped there. It ruined everything that was written
“Allergy”? It is a fact that the demand for fossil fuels causes a lot of damage, though the “climate change” thing is a pure con job. It would be good to replace it with something better, but in the interim, it’s what there is.
Heres how I look at it- this was a fascinating read! So much history and the Ahwazi’s - somethings I never knew about them...I viewed this as writing history and then you inserted - in the middle of everything- a personal opinion on fossil fuels- its your writing and perhaps my bad but what I know of journalism and the history you were delivering in such a lucid come alive way that personal opinions are generally not included.
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