In a current interview with PragerU, crown prince Reza Pahlavi, sometimes called Reza Shah II, shared his imaginative and prescient for a democratic and secular future for Iran. He highlighted the aspirations of thousands and thousands of Iranians for freedom from spiritual oppression and mirrored on his grandfather and father’s roles in modernizing Iran, emphasizing developments in girls’s rights, infrastructure, and training beneath the Pahlavi dynasty. He argued that if the 1979 revolution had not occurred, Iran might need developed equally to nations like South Korea or Japan.
Pahlavi additionally mentioned the opposition forces that resisted Iran’s modernization, figuring out each the clergy, who opposed secular reforms, and Marxist teams, who noticed Western affect as imperialist. He famous that these teams united, resulting in the institution of the Islamic Republic, which he described as dedicated to spreading ideology regionally by entities just like the IRGC and proxies akin to Hezbollah.
Expressing hope for regional peace, Pahlavi advocated for regular relations with neighboring international locations, together with Israel and Saudi Arabia. He referred to as on Western governments to cease recognizing the Islamic Republic as Iran’s official consultant and as a substitute assist the Iranian individuals’s resistance efforts, urging a method of “most assist” for Iranian dissidents alongside “most strain” on the regime. He steered that this assist embrace dependable web entry, platforms for Iranian voices, and monetary assist for organized resistance efforts.
Pahlavi emphasised that he doesn’t search a management function post-regime, envisioning as a substitute a collaborative future the place the Iranian diaspora contributes to rebuilding Iran. He believes that with a democratic transition, Iran can emerge as a beacon of peace and progress within the Middle East, echoing his mom, Empress Farah’s phrases: “Light will prevail over darkness