17 Jun 2025 4:52 pm
https://twitter.com/i/status/1935037345461653974Pahlavi posted a video of himself speaking Farsi, but also included an English version pleading with Iranian citizens to rise up and overthrow the current dictator's regime, saying:Skans » 17 Jun 2025, 2:34 pm » wrote: ↑ So we've been told. But, who's telling us that? It's hard enough in our own country to figure out what "The People" want as far as leadership until after an election. So, when I hear this, either by the media who always gets election outcomes wrong, or even worse by Israeli politicians or American politicians, I'm very very skeptical.
Don't forget, the people of Iran wanted to get rid of the Shaw too. And, there seems to be a lot more reality in that, than with the claim that Iran wants Regime Change.
Exactly, so how do the people telling us that Iranians want Regime Change actually know anything about what the Iranian people want? They don't.
Israel can do what it needs to do for Israel. Iran has been a real enemy to them, so I support their right to do this. But, STOP pretending that Israel is doing this for the American People because they aren't. No more so than Ukraine is fighting the Russians for the United States.
In these difficult days, my heart is with all the defenseless citizens who have been harmed and have fallen victim to Khamenei's warmongering and delusions. For years, I have tried to prevent our homeland from being consumed by the fire of war.
The end of the Islamic Republic is the end of its 46-year war against the Iranian nation.
The regime's apparatus of repression is falling apart. All it takes now is a nationwide uprising to put an end to this nightmare once and for all.
Now is the time to rise; the time to reclaim Iran. Let us all come forward – from Bandar Abbas to Bandar Anzali, from Shiraz to Isfahan, from Tabriz to Zahedan, from Mashhad to Ahvaz, from Shahr-e Kord to Kermanshah – and bring about the end of this regime.
Do not fear the day after the fall of the Islamic Republic. Iran will not descend into civil war or instability. We have a plan for Iran's future and its flourishing. We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government – by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people.
To the military, law enforcement, security forces, and state employees – many of whom have been sending me messages in recent days – I say: Do not stand against the Iranian people for the sake of a regime whose fall has begun and is inevitable. Do not sacrifice yourselves for a decaying regime. By standing with the people, you can save your lives. Play a historic role in the transition from the Islamic Republic, and take part in building the future of Iran.
A free and flourishing Iran lies ahead of us. May we be together soon.