Exiled Crown Prince: ‘Iran is on the brink of a revolution’

On this Bonus episode, Roland Oliphant speaks with Reza Pahlavi,
the son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran who was
overthrown in 1979. The Crown Prince has lived in exile ever
since, but he now believes the regime could be heading for
collapse and is positioning himself as the potential figurehead
of a democratic transition. We asked him why he thinks Iran is
headed for a revolution like the one that overthrew his father,
why he believes he could lead such a change, and what he thinks
Western governments should do in this delicate moment in Iranian
history.


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'Iran’s Crown Prince: My country is on the brink of a revolution
like that of 1979' by Roland Oliphant:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/23/crown-prince-reza-pahlavi-iran-on-the-brink-of-revolution/


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