{"id":79829,"date":"2026-04-23T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/79829\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:01:22","slug":"irans-exiled-crown-prince-splattered-with-red-liquid-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/79829\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s exiled crown prince splattered with red liquid in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi<\/a> was splattered with red liquid on Thursday as he left a building in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Pahlavi had just departed a news briefing, during which he criticized the ceasefire<\/a> between the United States and Iran<\/a>, when the incident occurred outside Germany\u2019s federal press conference building. <\/p>\n

He appeared unhurt by the liquid coating the back of his blazer and neck, and waved to his supporters before he got into a car that drove away. Police said the liquid appeared to be tomato juice.<\/p>\n

The alleged perpetrator, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, was immediately detained by police.<\/p>\n

Pahlav, 65, is the son of Iran\u2019s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power. Nevertheless, Pahlavi is trying to position himself as a player in his country\u2019s future, though it\u2019s unclear how much support he has in Iran after he has been in exile for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of his supporters demonstrated Thursday near Germany\u2019s parliament building, according to German news agency dpa.<\/p>\n

Pahlavi, who was not invited to meet with any government representatives during his visit to Berlin, argued Thursday that the ceasefire agreement assumes the Iranian government\u2019s behavior<\/a> will change and \u201cyou\u2019re going to deal with people who all of a sudden have become pragmatists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see that happening,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying that diplomacy should not be given a chance, but I think diplomacy has been given enough chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pahlavi is jockeying for a return to power should the Shiite theocracy fall and has supported the U.S.-Israeli military intervention in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Pahlavi in Berlin called on Europeans to do more to support Iranian people fighting for democracy. He claimed 19 political prisoners were executed by Iranian authorities in the past two weeks and another 20 people have been sentenced to death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill the free world do something, or watch the slaughter in silence?\u201d Pahlavi said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, more than an hour after the incident, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz released a statement saying the government welcomes the extension of the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis presents an important opportunity to resume diplomatic negotiations in Islamabad with the aim of making peace and averting further escalation of the war,\u201d the statement said. \u201cTehran should seize this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Ciobanu reported from Warsaw, Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid on Thursday as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[536,28826,989,1120,197,537,1829,34,61,196,1868,200,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-79829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-country-music","10":"tag-diplomacy","11":"tag-friedrich-merz","12":"tag-general-news","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-international-agreements","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-iran-government","17":"tag-iran-war","18":"tag-reza-pahlavi","19":"tag-war-and-unrest","20":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116453919896061139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}