Reza Pahlavi calls for the overthrow in Iran

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Lerato Khumalo

“Road protests and nationwide strikes”

Son of the Shah of Persia calls for the overthrow

14.06.2025 – 03:57 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.

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Reza Pahlavi, son of Shah, who fled Iran in 1979, takes part in a meeting of human rights defenders. (Archive image) (Source: Christiane Oelrich)

Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah of Persia, calls the Iranians up to an uprising against the Mullah regime. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu also appeals to the Iranian people.

The son of Shah of Persia, who had fallen in 1979, which is one of the leading Iranian oppositioners, calls on the security forces in his homeland for the government’s overthrow. “The struggle of the Iranian people against the destructive regime of the Islamic Republic serves to recapture and the reconstruction of Iran. The solution is the fall of the Islamic Republic through street protests and nationwide strikes,” wrote Reza Pahlavi on the platform X. he blamed state head of the state. Pahlavi lives in exile. So far, he has not called for a return to the monarchy, critics accuse him of leaning too close to the West.

The last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ruled from 1941 to the Islamic Revolution in 1979. His role was characterized by modernization efforts, authoritarian rule and close -based reference to the West, especially the USA. The political opposition was suppressed under its rule, the Savak secret service brutally acted against regime critics. Freedom of expression was severely restricted.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also called the Iranian people to an uprising against the leadership in Tehran. The aim of the Israeli operation is not only to eliminate the nuclear and ballistic threat from the “Islamic Regime” for Israel, but at the same time to “pave the way for you to gain your freedom,” said Netanyahu in a video message to the “proud Iranian people”.

The tour in Tehran was “never weaker than now”. “This is your opportunity to get up and raise your voices,” added the Israeli Prime Minister. At the same time, he repeated that Israel’s attacks were not directed against the Iranian people, but only “against the murderous Islamic regime that lets you suppress and impoverished”. The time has come that the Iranian people gather for their flag and historical heritage by getting up for its freedom of this “evil and oppressive regime”.