"This is our moment." Son of the last shah calls for seizing the moment to "create a free and democratic Iran"

The regime has been brutally weakened and the people are ready to embrace a new Iran, "free and democratic". This is the ideal time for "a union" that will finally allow "the dictatorial regime" of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be overthrown, and the chances of achieving this "by the end of the year are quite good".

This is what the son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, heir to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was deposed on February 11, 1979, the date on which the Iranian regime became the current Islamic Republic, then led by Ruhollah Khomeini, says in an interview with Politico.

Living in the United States, where he leads the National Council of Iran, a self-proclaimed government in exile, the eldest son of the last shah of ancient Persia is heir to the imperial throne of Tehran and a staunch opponent of the regime now under attack from both Israel and the United States.

In an interview with Politico , Reza Pahlavi is enthusiastic about the impact that Donald Trump's attacks on nuclear and military facilities and on key figures and bases of the Khamenei regime by Israel could have. He believes that these could be the decisive moments in overthrowing a regime that already deserved great opposition from the Iranian people, who would not be able to successfully revolt without these attacks.

According to Pahlavi, the military action is pushing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's dictatorship closer to collapse, while the idea of ​​regime change is also gaining traction in the international community. "There is a very good chance that the regime will fall by the end of this year," says the son of the last shah, who has even offered to help in the transition to a new Iran, one that will restore the freedoms and development that his father promoted in the country before Tehran became an Islamic republic.

"I submit to the will of my compatriots and I am ready to lead them on this path to peace, building a new Iran together," Pahlavi said in an interview with Politico , assuring that he is willing to grant amnesty to any members of the regime who defect and join the Iranians in overthrowing Khamenei and helping to create a "free and democratic society." The crown prince also advocates holding a constitutional conference with representatives of all forces and ideologies present in the country, to draft a new constitution, to be ratified by the people in a referendum. "All democratic options must be on the table. I will not be the one to decide whether the future will be a monarchy or a republic, my role is to ensure that no voice is left out," he told Politico.

And what will change take? For the son of the last shah, very little. “The final element of change is the uprising of the people, knowing now that all the elements of repression of the regime have been decimated or weakened,” Reza Pahlavi told Politico . “This particular attack demonstrates that the war is not against the people, but against the regime, which accelerates its collapse and gives the people, this time, a real chance to succeed.”

Now, he is asking the international community not to offer Iran new lifelines by opening diplomatic channels, but rather to contribute to the imminent change. A transition that he says he is willing to actively support and support. "It is a mistake to believe that this regime will ever be reasonable; and that was the biggest failure of the past. Any negotiations with this regime are futile; now, we must invest in the Iranian people, the only ones capable of ensuring peace and security for the world and, more importantly, freedom for my own country."