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Raised to be a King, Shah's Son Preaches Democracy The Star-Ledger/ Borzou Daragahai November 28, 2003 /Pahlavi appeals to young Iranians who hate clerical rule and don't remember his father's regime McLEAN, Va. -- With his plastic watch and blue suit, Reza Pahlavi blends easily into the strip malls and bedroom communities that sprawl beyond the Capital Beltway. But the son of Iran's deposed king has far greater aspirations than the white-collar professionals and stay-at-home moms who populate suburban Washington: He wishes to lead the Iran of his youth -- the nation that sent him into a quarter-century of exile...

When it comes to Iran, why engage in double-speak? By Reza Pahlavi | 07-11-2003 Gulf News The US blessing for the joint trip by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany to Tehran demonstrates a spirit of unity absent in their recent past. It is understandable that the spectre of the foremost state sponsor of terrorism acquiring nuclear weapons should unite the EU and the US in great fear. But which is the greater component of that fear: Is it the nuclear state or the regime? In Iran's immediate neighbourhood, in one of the least technologically advanced regimes, the...

Set My People Free The Wall Street Journal / Reza Pahlavi November 04, 2003 / The U.S. blessing for the joint trip by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany to Tehran demonstrates a spirit of unity absent in their recent past. It is understandable that the specter of the foremost state sponsor of terrorism acquiring nuclear weapons should unite the EU and the U.S. in great fear. But which is the greater component of that fear: Is it the nuclear state or the terrorist regime? In Iran's immediate neighborhood, in one of the least technologically advanced regimes, the...

Reza Pahlavi Uses Stamford Visit to Push Democracy For Iran September 10, 2003 The Advocate Mark Ginocchio STAMFORD -- For a crown prince, there was something familiar and comfortable about Stamford for Reza Pahlavi. "While driving on (Interstate) 95, I started thinking about how my mother used to live in Greenwich, and I, myself lived in Fairfield in 1984 before I relocated to Washington (D.C.)," he said. Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah, and heir to the ousted Peacock Throne, has been fighting against Iran's ayatollahs since his own exile in 1979. Last night, at...

Reza Pahlavi: Regional Stability Only Possible with Departure of the Clerical Regime July 11, 2003 Al-Watan-Al-Arabi alwatanalarabi.com We asked the Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, whether some of his followers have been captured at the latest demonstrations. He replied: Yes, but, I am not certain about the exact number; however, what worries all of us is the labels used by the clerical regime in reference to the captured youth. The mullahs accuse them of “waging war on God” which is aimed to set them up for the death penalty. I find this accusation quite disturbing because what the youth...