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In a significant declaration, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled Iranian Crown Prince, announced on Saturday his preparedness to guide Iran through a pivotal transition once the Islamic Republic is overthrown.
As the conflict in Iran entered its third week, Pahlavi, the offspring of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, revealed that he has been diligently crafting a transition strategy. This plan is designed to prevent any governance void in the event of the regime’s downfall.
In a message shared on social media, Pahlavi mentioned that “capable individuals,” both within Iran and abroad, have been pinpointed to spearhead what he described as a “transitional system.”
“Under my leadership,” he stated, “the transitional system will be equipped to take over the governance of the nation immediately following the fall of the Islamic Republic, swiftly establishing order, security, freedom, and paving the way for Iran’s prosperity and growth.”
This statement from Reza Pahlavi, made on March 14, underscores his readiness to assume a leading role should the current Iranian regime be dismantled. (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)
Pahlavi has lived in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled Iran’s monarchy and established the Islamic Republic.
He has in recent years sought to position himself as a unifying opposition figure and has said he would help guide a transition of power from theocracy to democracy in Iran.
In a message addressed to his “compatriots,” Pahlavi said his plan for governing the country would fall within the framework of the “Iran Prosperity Project.”
In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, looks on in Tehran on October 13, 2024. (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images)
He said that many compatriots with valuable experience and expertise have declared “their readiness to participate in the rebuilding of the country and to serve the homeland.”
Since joint operations between the U.S. and Israel began, nearly 50 regime figures have been killed, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was elected this week by Iran’s Assembly of Experts as the country’s new supreme leader.
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, said the Islamic Republic is “crumbling” and called for a democratic transition following recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
In an appearance last week on Fox News’ “My View” with Lara Trump, Pahlavi said the Iranian people would not accept any outcome moving forward tied to the current regime.
“Only a clean break will ensure that not only we achieve a democratic solution and alternative to this regime, but there will be people who are not in any form or shape directly associated with this regime,” he said.
Pahlavi said the Iranian people must decide their country’s leadership and that “only the ballot box should determine the outcome and who will be responsible for our country in the future.”
“I think what we will expect any government, including, of course, the current Trump administration to recognize that indeed the best way to help the Iranian people is to allow them to make that choice freely and to support that choice as a Western democracy, as the leading democracy in the world,” he said.
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