VIDEO: Exiled prince looks to lead Iranian people, says Islamic Republic is ‘collapsing’

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From Fox News: The exiled prince of Iran has proposed leading the country’s democratic transition to end the Islamic Republic in a new speech Monday.

“Today, it is clearer than ever: The Islamic Republic is collapsing,” Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the late last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, said. “Credible reports indicate that Ali Khamenei’s family – and the families of senior regime officials – are making preparations to flee Iran. The regime is on its last legs, in towns and cities across the country. The military is fractured. The people are united. The foundations of this 46-year tyranny are shaking.”

“This is our Berlin Wall moment,” Pahlavi said from a press conference he called in Paris.

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Pahlavi, whose father was the last monarch overthrown during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, said Monday that Iran currently stands at a crossroads, warning that the West handing the current regime a lifeline would only result in more bloodshed.

Indicating he was ready to return to lead Iran, Pahlavi said, “I am here today to submit myself to my compatriots to lead them down this road to peace and a democratic transition. I do not seek political power, but rather to help our great nation navigate through this critical hour toward stability, freedom, and justice.”

Addressing Khamenei, Pahlavi said, “Step down. And if you do, you will receive a fair trial and due process of law. Which is more than you have ever given any Iranian.”

According to multiple reports, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was hiding out in a bunker while the U.S. military bombed three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.

Pahlavi then shared in a post on X the transcript of his full remarks:

“As soon as the current regime is gone, we will rebuild Iran and we will Make Iran Great Again,” Pahlavi promised in a Fox News interview.

Last week, Pahlavi said, “The Islamic Republic has come to its end and is collapsing. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright, and together we will turn the page of history. Now is the time to stand up; the time to reclaim Iran. May I be with you soon.”

Shortly after the U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Pahlavi wrote on X, “The strikes on the Islamic Republic’s three nuclear sites are the result of the regime’s catastrophic pursuit of nuclear weapons at the expense of the Iranian people. Ali Khamenei and his crumbling terrorist regime have failed the nation. As Khamenei considers how to respond from his underground bunker, I say to him: For the sake of the Iranian people, respond by stepping down, so the proud Iranian nation can leave the disastrous period of the Islamic Republic behind and start a new chapter of peace, prosperity and greatness. The only sure way to achieve peace is for this regime to now end.”

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