Скачать или смотреть Toppled Iranian shah's son offers to take power

(23 Jun 2025)
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Paris - 23 June 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s last Shah:
"This regime is defeated, teetering, on the edge of collapse, and must not be allowed to continue. The time has come to end this reign and begin a new era for Iran. This is a new dawn for Iran’s Lion and Sun.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s last Shah:
"I am here today to submit myself to my compatriots, to lead them down this road of peace and democratic transition. I do not seek political power, but rather to help our great nation navigate through this critical hour towards stability, freedom and justice."
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STORYLINE:
The son of Iran's last shah said Monday he's ready to take over the Iranian leadership and lead the country's transition to democracy.

After U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes targeting Iran's nuclear program, Reza Pahlavi told a news conference in Paris that the "regime is defeated, teetering, on the edge of collapse."

"I am here today to submit myself to my compatriots, to lead them down this road of peace and democratic transition,” he said.

“I do not seek political power, but rather to help our great nation navigate through this critical hour towards stability, freedom and justice," he added.

Pahlavi left Iran at age 17 soon before the 1979 Islamic revolution, and many Iranians have bitter memories of repression under his father's reign as shah.

Others might reject Pahlavi over his outreach to Israel.

There are several large Iranian opposition groups based abroad, but they are not united and it’s unclear how much support any of them has inside the country.

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Production: Catherine Gaschka

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