Shah’s son Pahlavi involves the Munich Security Conference | EUROtoday

The son of the Shah of Persia, who was overthrown in 1979 and is without doubt one of the main Iranian opposition figures in exile, is anticipated on the Munich Security Conference subsequent week. The German Press Agency realized from organizer circles that 65-year-old Reza Pahlavi had agreed to participate within the assembly of prime politicians and safety consultants on the Hotel Bayerischer Hof from February thirteenth to fifteenth. The Iranian authorities, nonetheless, was disinvited once more just a few days in the past.

Pahlavi, who lives within the USA, has supported the mass protests towards the Iranian management and is taken into account the best-known and most influential Iranian opposition determine in exile. Pictures of him are additionally proven in Germany at solidarity rallies for the protest motion in Iran.

A big demonstration entitled “Human rights and freedom in Iran. International solidarity with the Iranian people” is deliberate for February 14th in Munich, which Pahlavi has additionally known as for on social media. The organizers have set themselves the objective of mobilizing 100,000 contributors.

Last yr there was a number of forwards and backwards about an invite to Pahlavi to Munich, which was first introduced however then “not formalized” in session with the federal authorities.

This yr, the Iranian authorities was first invited after which uninvited after the violent crackdown on the protest motion that left 1000’s lifeless. The Foreign Office had beforehand suggested towards an invite.

More than 60 heads of state and authorities and nearly 100 international and protection ministers are anticipated on the safety convention this yr. Pahlavi had already taken half within the safety convention in 2023. Nothing is but identified about his appearances in Munich.

His father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, dominated Persia from 1941 to 1979 earlier than being overthrown within the Islamic Revolution. Reza Pahlavi would have been the inheritor to the throne. Shah is the Persian ruler’s title, which is akin to emperor or king.