WASHINGTON, October 3 – Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pallavi is urging the Western authorities to desert what he described as a decades-old settlement with Tehran, and as an alternative stands in a marketing campaign the place Iranian individuals will overthrow the Islamic Republic and construct a secular democracy.
Speaking on the Council on Foreign Relations on October 3, Reza Pallavi stated his marketing campaign was not about restoring the monarchy that was overthrown in 1979, however reasonably about supporting civil disobedience and creating a roadmap for democratic transition.
“It’s about self-determination and freedom,” he stated. “The Islamic Republic can’t be reformed.”
Prince Reza Pallavi. kl./
In the query and reply session, the prince outlined his imaginative and prescient for secular and democratic Iran, achieved by way of non-violent resistance and civil mobilization. The collapse of the Islamic Republic should come from inside, not from international intervention.
“My position is to not search a job,” he stated. “It’s about serving to my fellow countrymen launch themselves in order that they will determine their future by way of elections and referendums.”
He argued that regardless of many years of crackdown, Iranian civil society has the capability to autonomy. “Iran is just not Iraq or Afghanistan,” he stated. “That civil society, although oppressed, is alive and might govern.”
The prince emphasised that his motion was not conditioned to the sickness or loss of life of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme chief of the Islamic Republic. He pointed to the position of civil disobedience and the assault on nationwide labor, which was to “paralyse the regime from inside.”
To display the rising engagement, Pahlavi cited a QR code marketing campaign that stated it had obtained greater than 60,000 messages from inside Iran inside the first few days from these keen to work with or function flaws with the regime.
He additionally stated his new web site, Iranopasmigirim, will “get well Iran.” He stated he had withdrawn over 1.5 million visits in his first 24 hours. He stated it was “uniformed amongst opponents of the Islamic Republic.” [As of this writing, the website has attracted more than 2.5 million visits, despite being blocked inside Iran and targeted by failed cyberattacks from the regime, according to the Reza Pahlavi Communications account on X, formerly known as Twitter.]
The prince outlined a five-point technique aimed toward mobilizing home networks, uniting the diaspora, elevating worldwide strain, selling exile inside the regime, and guiding Iran right into a democratic transition by getting ready for a secure, democratic future.
He stated the success of that last stage will depend on cautious planning and coordination, referring to Iran’s Prosperity Project (IPP). This is a restructuring plan that his group has developed over the previous two years as a framework to make sure political and financial stability after the administration collapses.
“The IPP is specializing in the primary 100 days for the reason that administration collapsed,” he stated. “It defines how a transitional authorities needs to be constructed, how a constitutional parliament needs to be elected, and the way a brand new secular structure will probably be drafted and introduced to the individuals for ratification.”
The prince emphasised transparency and inclusiveness within the transition course of, calling for widespread participation from political events and civic teams in forming the following authorities in Iran.
Pahlavi, who handled the Iranian financial disaster, dismissed the declare that US sanctions have been liable.
“Only the administration’s apologists say sanctions trigger poverty,” he stated. “The Iranians do not blame poverty within the West. They blame the regime and what they did to convey us right here.”
The prince accused the federal government of emitting the wealth of the nation by way of corruption and expensive nuclear ambitions.
“The administration’s nuclear program prices the nation greater than a trillion {dollars},” he stated.
He condemned the West for what he referred to as a “many years of reconciliation,” and argued that repeated efforts to interact in Tehran solely helped the regime survive.
“Feeling has by no means modified the administration’s actions,” he stated. “We are solely given time to increase our oppression and export instability.”
He stated the objective of a change of presidency is just not solely to vary authorities habits, however to “liberate the nation” that seeks to reunite with the free world. He argued that democratic Iran could possibly be a stabilizing pressure within the Middle East, not a supply of battle.
Referring to the Abrahamic settlement between Israel and several other Arab international locations, the prince urged that future Democrats may assist Iran flip that framework into what he referred to as the “Cyrus Agreement.”
“If these agreements evolve into the “Cyrus Agreement,” one other Iran may grow to be a bridge of peace within the area,” he stated.
The prince urged the Western authorities to align its coverage with the pursuits of the Iranian individuals reasonably than with the rulers. “The world has spent 40 years of negotiations with an invariable administration,” he stated. “It’s time to face with somebody who can.”
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