In the middle of the 12 -day war he faced Israel and Iranin which USA It was directly involved, a figure emerged claiming its right to govern the Islamic Republic if the Ayatolas regime falls: it is Reza Pahlavi, son of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the overthrown Sha of Persia.
Monday, June 23, before the US President Donald Trump will announce that the fire had been reached between Israel and Iran, Pahlavi says He assured the AFP agency that the Iranian regime was close to falling.
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Two days before, Saturday, The United States had bombarded three nuclear facilities in Iran: Fordow, Natanz and ISFAHAN. Against the first two used the powerful bombs Antibunker GBU-57while on the third shot Tomahawk missiles. Monday, as reprisal The Iranians fired missiles against an American military base located in Qatar without causing victims or damage. Hours later came the announcement of the truce.
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, dated June 29, 2025, shows Fordow after the bombing of the United States. (AFP).
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Pahlavi64, resides in the United States. On Monday I was visiting Paris and He declared that the moment Iran could be compared to the fall of the Berlin wall.
“It’s time to commit … This is our Berlin Wall Time”he told AFP.
“This regime is collapsing (…) you can facilitate it supporting this time [al pueblo iraní]not throwing another lifeguard to this regime “he added referring to the United States and Europe.
On Tuesday, June 17, Pahlavi I had published a Video in social networks where he called a popular uprising in Iran and assured have a government plan ready.
Iranian-American protesters Blanden A PAHLAVI Rebel Partel while gathering to ask for a regime change in Iran, in front of the Federal Building Wislhire in Los Angeles on June 23, 2025. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP).
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In his video, he said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatola Alí Jamenei, “has been hidden in hiding as an scared rat.”
“The repressive apparatus of the regime is falling apart … only a national survey is missing to end this nightmare once and for all. Now is the time to rise; the time to recover Iran”he asked.
Then he assured that from the opposition they already have “A plan for the future of Iran and its prosperity.”
“We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transition period and for the establishment of a national and democratic government, for and for the Iranian people,” “ He continued.
Who is Pahlavi?
The former heir prince of Iran and now a key figure of the opposition, says Pahlavi, poses during a photographic session after a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP).
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Pahlavi says He was prince heir to the prooccidental monarchy of Iranwhich was deposed in 1979 by a street revolution that led to the establishment of the current Islamic Republic governed by the Ayatolas.
He is the eldest son of Mohammed Reza Pahlavithe last Sha of Iran, and the Empress Farah Diba.
He was born October 31, 1960 in Tehranwhen his father still ruled.
As a child he was prepared to be the successor of the Persian throne, as part of a Modernizing and Prooccidental Monarchy that ruled Iran Since 1925 with his grandfather Shah Pahlavi says at the head. At the same time, it was an authoritarian and repressive regime that was generating strong opposition.
After grandfather abdication in 1941, his son assumed power Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
Family photography taken on October 26, 1967 after the coronation ceremony of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as Sha de Iran. (AFP photo).
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In 1967, Pahlavi says was officially designated as crown princeafter his father’s formal coronation as Shahanshah (King of Kings) of the Persian Empire.
Pahlavi says He was educated in a private school located in the Royal Palace and reserved only for members of the SHA family. In his youth, he studied aviation and formed as a combat pilot.
In 1978, he traveled to the United States to continue his military aviator training in Texas, but his father’s overthrow grabbed him before he completes his training.
In January 1979his family left Iran, shortly before the triumph of the Islamic revolution led by the Ayatola Jomeini. Sha Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his people went to Egypt, then arrived in Morocco, then to the Bahamas, Mexico, and finally to the United States.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi had ruled with a hard hand, but also promoted an ambitious modernization of the country.
With the support of the United States and other Western powers, SHA tried to turn the nation into a regional power, promoting reforms in education, health, infrastructure and women’s rights. However, his government was criticized for political repression, the cult of personality and corruption of his environment.
The opposition to the SHA grew during the 70s, fueled by economic inequality, the repression of the dreaded Secret Police Savak and the resentment towards secularist policies.
To this was added the charisma of the Ayatola JomeiniShiite spiritual leader who from exile in France denounced the regime as corrupt and antipatriotic.
Mass protests began in 1978 and in a few months they paralyzed the country. In January 1979, SHA left Iran with his family under the pretext of a temporary trip. He never returned.
Jomeini returned to Iran in February 1979 and headed the establishment of the Islamic Republic, finally ending with the monarchy.
Iran’s SHA died of cancer on July 27, 1980 in Cairo.
Pahlavi says live exiled mainly in USAwhere he studied political sciences and has built his political support base.
He is an active opponent of the Iranian Islamic regime and has advocated a Referendum in Iran To decide your government system, without explicitly demanding the restoration of the monarchy.
PAHLAVI has said that his vision is that of a Secular and democratic republicand that he would be willing to accept the results of a popular consultation on the future of the country.
It has an active presence in social networks and between sectors of Iranian exile, especially in the US and Europe, and has sought support from Western governments.
He is married to Yasmine Etemad-Aminiwith whom he has three daughters.
