Former Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi seeks regime change

Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has said that the Islamic Republic is nearing collapse, urging supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to step down. “Time has come to end this ruin and begin a new era for Iran". In his opening remarks at a press conference in Paris , Reza Pahlavi on Monday said it is “Berlin wall” moment for the people of Iran and “the regime is on its last legs, in towns and cities across the country”. He said this is a new dawn for Iran’s Lion and Sun.Pahlavi also claimed that top Iranian leaders were preparing to flee the country and called for a peaceful transition through legal accountability.
He cautioned Western governments against offering political or economic support to Tehran, saying it would only worsen the crisis. “If the West throws the regime a lifeline, there will be more bloodshed and chaos. Because this regime will not submit or surrender after it has been humiliated. It will lash out as long as it is in power; no country and no people are safe – whether on the streets of Washington, Paris, Jerusalem, Riyadh or Tehran,” the exiled crown prince added. “Our beloved Iran has been dragged into a devastating conflict, the architect of which is none other than Ali Khamenei and his corrupt, destructive faction. He has driven our nation’s economy to the brink of collapse, plundered our national infrastructure and resources, squandered the nation's wealth on developing nuclear weapons, shattered Iran’s security, and stolen the sovereignty of the Iranian people,” he added.
His remarks come at a time of growing regional uncertainty, with Iran’s domestic policies, international posture, and conflict with Israel drawing intense global scrutiny.Reza Pahlavi, the exiled eldest son of Iran’s last monarch Mohammad Reza Shah and living in exile since 1979.