Reza Pahlavi has become a central figure amid the protests in Iran, actively calling on people to take to the streets and enjoying significant symbolic support among demonstrators.<\/p>\n
That’s all despite the exiled son of Iran’s lash shah (king) living over 6,000 miles away from Tehran.<\/p>\n
So who is Reza Pahlavi, and how much support does he have?<\/p>\n
The eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was officially named Crown Prince in 1967 during his father’s reign.<\/p>\n
In 1978, aged 17, he left Iran for US Air Force pilot training – just months before the 1979 Iranian Revolution overthrew the monarchy and established the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khamenei.<\/p>\n
Now 65 and living in Washington DC, Pahlavi has suddenly found himself at the heart of one of Iran’s most intense waves of unrest in years.<\/p>\n
He has repeatedly called for mass protests inside Iran and positions himself as a unifying figure for the opposition – though he has stated he does not seek permanent power.<\/p>\n
Instead, he supports letting the Iranian people decide (via referendum) whether to restore a constitutional monarchy or establish a republic.<\/p>\n
Pahlavi has outlined a 100-day plan for an interim administration, telling reporters: “This is not about restoring the past… it’s about securing a democratic future for all Iranians.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reza Pahlavi has become a central figure amid the protests in Iran, actively calling on people to take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-686368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115869922247177781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}