He posted this message to them in light of the current situation in Iran
Reza Pahlavi, the Iranian crown prince and son of the last Shah of Iran, published this evening a three-minute speech to the Iranian people, in light of the current situation in Iran:
My fellow countrymen, the Islamic Republic has reached its end and is collapsing. Khamenei, like a terrified mouse, has burrowed underground and lost control of the situation. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright, and together we will overcome this sharp curve in history.
In these difficult days, my heart is with all the defenseless citizens who have suffered and become victims of Khamenei’s lust for war and delusions. For years, I have tried to prevent our homeland from being swallowed by the flames of war. The end of the Islamic Republic marks the end of its 46-year war against the Iranian nation. The regime’s apparatus of repression is falling apart. All that is needed is a popular uprising to end this nightmare once and for all.
Now is the time to resist; now is the time to reclaim Iran. Together, from Bandar Abbas to Bandar Anzali, from Shiraz to Isfahan, from Tabriz to Zahedan, from Mashhad to Ahvaz, from Shahre-Kord to Kermanshah, let us take to the streets and put an end to this regime.
We do not fear tomorrow after the fall of the Islamic Republic. Iran will not sink into civil war or instability. We have a plan for the future and for its prosperity. We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transition period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government, for the Iranian people and thanks to the Iranian people.
I turn to the armed forces, the police, the security forces, and the government, many of whom have sent me messages in recent days: “Do not stand against the Iranian people to defend a regime whose fall has begun and is inevitable. Do not sacrifice yourselves for a rotten system. Stand with the people, save your lives, play a historic role in the transition beyond the Islamic Republic, and help build Iran’s future.”
A free and prosperous Iran awaits us. May I reach you soon. Long live Iran! Long live the Iranian people!
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