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Reza Pahlavi Says Iran Regime Collapsing, Courts UK Support
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Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi has intensified a weeks-long campaign calling for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical establishment. In a series of video statements that began on 17 June, the 64-year-old opposition figure said the Islamic Republic is “on the verge of collapse,” urged a nationwide uprising and claimed elements within the security apparatus are already discussing defection.
Speaking at a Paris press conference on 23 June, Pahlavi addressed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directly, telling him to “step down” and face a fair trial. He cited what he called credible reports that members of the leader’s family and other senior officials are preparing to flee Iran and that the armed forces are fractured. “This is our Berlin Wall moment,” he said.
To encourage defections, Pahlavi on 29 June launched a secure communications channel for military, police and civil-service personnel whose “hands are not soiled with blood.” His office said thousands of Iranians submitted registration forms within the first day, although the claims cannot be independently verified.
Pahlavi took the campaign to London on 30 June after a cross-party group of lawmakers invited him to brief Parliament on his transition plan. He met former prime minister Boris Johnson, former home secretary Priti Patel and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, urging Britain to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation and to support a secular, democratic Iran.
Iran’s government has not responded publicly to the assertions, and there is no sign of large-scale defections inside the country. Even so, Pahlavi’s heightened profile—amid continuing tensions between Tehran and Israel and renewed Western debate over Iran’s future—underscores the growing international attention being paid to opposition voices outside the country.
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