Paris/Dubai –
Protests in Iran have subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, a week after the start of the largest demonstrations in years challenging the country’s theocratic system.
Reza Pahlavi, the U.S.-based son of Iran’s late shah, however, said he was confident the Islamic Republic would fall and called for intervention, though the threat of new military action by the United States against Iran has appeared to have receded for the time being.
In posts to social media on Friday, Pahlavi announced a fresh coordinated demonstration, calling for Iranians to “raise your voices in anger and protest with our national slogans” on the weekend.