Mass protests in Iran: Shah’s son Pahlavi urges USA to intervene in Iran | EUROtoday

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah who was overthrown in 1979, is relying on the USA to intervene quickly in view of the mass protests in Iran. “Action must be taken,” Pahlavi stated in an interview with US broadcaster CBS News. “The best way to ensure that fewer people are killed in Iran is to intervene early so that this regime finally collapses and all the problems we face come to an end,” he stated.

Pahlavi stated he had communicated with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration however didn’t present particulars. Trump had beforehand stated that the US was taking the scenario in Iran very severely. “The military is looking into it and we are looking at some very drastic options. We will make a decision,” he stated, including that he was getting hourly stories on developments within the nation.

Pahlavi: This regime should disappear

Pahlavi advised CBS News that the Islamic Republic’s management in Tehran was making an attempt to “trick” the world by pretending it was prepared to barter a manner out of the unrest. The essential turning level can be “if this regime realized that it can no longer rely on a continued campaign of repression without the world responding,” Pahlavi stated.

When requested whether or not he was urging Trump to provoke regime change, he replied that Trump was in solidarity with the folks of Iran, which meant that Trump finally supported their calls for. “And their demand is that this regime must disappear,” Pahlavi added.

Pahlavi, who was as soon as appointed crown prince by his authoritarian father, the Shah of Persia, has been dwelling in exile within the USA for many years.