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The exiled lad of Iran's past shah called connected U.S. President Donald Trump connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) to assistance the Iranian radical and said it was "time to extremity the Islamic republic".
"To President Trump... The Iranian radical heard you accidental assistance is connected the way, and they person religion successful you. Help them," the U.S.-based Reza Pahlavi told reporters astatine the Munich Security Conference.
Mr. Trump had said connected Friday (February 13, 2026) that a alteration of authorities successful Iran would beryllium the "best happening that could happen", arsenic helium sent a 2nd craft bearer to the West Asia to ratchet up subject unit connected the Islamic republic.
He had earlier threatened subject involution to enactment a question of thoroughfare protests successful Iran that peaked successful January and were met by a convulsive crackdown that rights groups accidental killed thousands.
Mr. Pahlavi, who has not returned to Iran since earlier the 1979 Islamic gyration that ousted the monarchy, said successful Munich: "It is clip to extremity the Islamic republic."
"This is the request echoing from the bloodshed of my compatriots who are not asking america to hole the authorities but to assistance them hide it," helium added.
Mr. Pahlavi had encouraged Iranians to articulation the question of protests, which Iranian authorities person said were hijacked by "terrorists" fuelled by their sworn enemies the United States and Israel.
Many protestation chants had called for the monarchy's return, and Mr. Pahlavi, 65, has said helium is acceptable to pb a antiauthoritarian transition.
The Iranian absorption remains divided and Mr. Pahlavi has faced disapproval for his enactment for Israel, making a highly publicised sojourn successful 2023 that fractured an effort to unify absorption camps. He has besides ne'er distanced himself from his father's autocratic rule.
