“This is our wall of Berlin.” The former chess's son argues, out of exile, that Ayatollah Ali Khamena and the members of power are preparing to escape from the country


The TV presenter Sahar Emami, on a huge poster in Tehran. Photo: AA / Abaca / Abaca Press / Profimedia
The last heir of the Iranian monarchy urged Western states to accept that the collapse of the current Iranian authorities is necessary to ensure sustainable peace and regional stability, writes Reuters.
The United States, which bombarded three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night, claimed that they want to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapon, not to trigger a larger war.
Washington officials said that the purpose of American bombings is not in the fundamentalist regime in Tehran, but on Sunday, in a post on social networks, US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of overturning Iranian leaders of the hard line.
“Now is the time to be with the Iranian people. Do not repeat the mistakes of the past. Do not throw a rescue collar to this regime. Destroying the nuclear facilities of the regime will not bring peace,” said Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the overturned chess, in a press conference in Paris.
“You are right to worry about stopping nuclear weapons and ensuring regional stability, but only a democratic transition in Iran can guarantee that these goals will be achieved and will be durable,” he said.
The Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on Pahlavi's statements.
Pahlavi has been living in exile for almost four decades, after his father, the chess supported by the US, has been overturned at the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
It is not clear how much support has pahlavs in Iran. Many Iranians remember the repressive secret police, Savak, and in the past there have been pro and anti-monarchy slogans during meal demonstrations.
Without providing evidence, Pahlavi, who lives in Washington, said that the Iran's governance system also collapses that the supreme leader Ali Kamena, his family and other senior officials are preparing to flee the country.
“This is our time (of the type) Berlin Wall (Berlin Wall, no). But, as all moments of great change, it is full of dangers,” he said, referring to the collapse of the wall that divided the East and West Berlin in 1989, with the collapse of the communist block led by the Soviet Union.
Fragmented opposition
Iran and Israel has been in an aerial war since Israel has launched attacks on June 13, saying that he wants to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran claims that its nuclear program has exclusively peaceful goals.
Asked if he wants to lead a future transition or become a new chess, Pahlavi replied that he does not follow political power.
He stated that he sees the cornerstone of a transition based on the territorial integrity of Iran, the individual freedoms and equality of all citizens, as well as the separation of the state religion.
The opposition to the Iranian clerical government is fragmented, without a clearly recognized leader and with a multitude of ethnic groups.
Pahlavi also stated that his teams are working on an economic plan for the future and that he wants to convene a national unity meeting that includes activists, dissidents and groups from all over the ideological spectrum to agree on the principles of transition.
He also said that the meeting will also bring business leaders, professionals and experts, without specifying a calendar.
He said he also created a platform for Iranian officials in the field of security, police and army to join them if they want to abandon the government.
Asked about the hesitations of some Western leaders about the potential consequences of the collapse of the authorities, he replied: “It is not to plead for the change of the regime. It simply must admit that the change of the regime is the only final solution.”




