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"Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" —David Horowitz

Heir to the Throne – The Return of the Son

The son of the Shah breaks the silence. The nation has its signal.

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He got tired of waiting—and tired of trusting the very powers that toppled his father, destroyed his motherland, and broke his own family—to make it right.

And now he’s said it:

“Come to the streets. End this regime.”

This time, he’s not just calling for an uprising—he’s declaring there’s a plan for what comes after.

In a powerful video message released at a critical hour, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addressed the Iranian people with clarity and conviction:

The regime is collapsing. The fear is gone. And now is the moment to rise together and deliver the final blow.

“The regime’s repressive apparatus is falling apart,” he declared. “Khamenei has hidden himself underground like a frightened mouse. He has lost control.”

These aren’t the words of a cautious dissident. They’re the words of a man stepping into the leadership vacuum that’s existed since 1979.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi didn’t just call for uprising. He offered a blueprint for what comes next.

“What has begun is irreversible… The future is bright, and together, we will pass through this sharp curve in history.”

He directly addressed fears of collapse—promising no civil war, no chaos, and no vacuum. He stated unequivocally:

“We have a plan. We are ready for the first 100 days after the fall. For the transition. For a national and democratic government—by the Iranian people, for the Iranian people.”

This was not posturing. It was a statement of readiness. Not a power grab—but a pledge to pick up the baton Carter forced from his father’s hands 46 years ago.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi didn’t speak to one city, one class, or one tribe. He named them all—from Bandar Abbas to Bandar Anzali, from Shiraz to Zanjan, from Ahvaz to Mashhad to Kermanshah.

“Now is the time to stand. To take back Iran. Together.”

His message was as much military as it was civilian. He called directly on soldiers, security forces, and government employees:

“Don’t sacrifice yourselves for a regime that is already falling. Stand with the people. Save your lives. Play your part in the transition. Help rebuild Iran.”

This message came at a deliberate moment. Five days before Israel launched direct strikes inside Iran, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s daughter, Iman Pahlavi, married Bradley A. Sherman, a Jewish American businessman.

In any other context, that might have been a quiet family milestone. But in this moment, it carries weight: a signal of alignment, trust, and diplomatic readiness.

A quiet echo of the relationship that once existed—before 1979—when Iran and Israel were united by mutual respect, strategic cooperation, and cultural coexistence.

It may well stand as a symbol of two nations—once torn apart—now poised to reunite through harmony, faith, and shared growth.

As the regime isolates itself and buries its leaders in bunkers, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is stepping into history’s open door—with strength, clarity, and peace in hand.

This wasn’t a plea for support. It was a statement of sovereignty, strength, and capacity.

No global backing. No billion-dollar deals. No U.S. approval letter.

He’s not begging for recognition. He’s not trying to be chosen. He already has a plan—and he’s offering the nation a path forward.

A plan supported not by foreign governments, but by the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people, both inside and outside the country, who have long seen him as the rightful heir, and the only figure they trust to lead the transition.

While Khamenei clings to bunkers and sends hijab warnings during an air campaign, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is speaking like the head of a post-Islamic Republic Iran.

And that may be exactly what this moment demands.

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  1. A world simmering in hatred-fueled slumber looks on in complete bewilderment. They fail to see the hope that the vast majority of Iranians see.

    By ignoring actual history, people forget the previous relationship between Israel and Iran. And despite any proclamations to the contrary, Jimmy Carter secretly celebrated the overthrow of the Shah in 1979 because of his personal disdain for Israel.

    How ironic then that Carter’s impressive fall from political grace was aided by his own Middle East policy.

    Anni Cyrus, you have again shed needed light onto the issue that the entirety of Western media misses. That there absolutely IS an endgame in sight in the present battle in Iran. And that very endgame will work to the benefit of Israel, Iran, and the entire region.

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  2. May the people of the Nation of Iran, hear this man’s words and stand up against their captivity and enslavement. The people have a voice and a man of direction. The prayers of a people have reached eternity and the winds of change are at your back so I pray to G-d Almighty for you to be courageous at this very time and stand up for your freedom.
    May your once beautiful nation, now with a good leader ready to emerge from a forced exile, find a people embolden and ready to grasp the ring of gus righteous call for a bright, beautiful future.
    Let those aligned with the darkness and evil of this totalitarian regime be immediately buried in the ashes and rubble of the very misery they created and implemented over the legitimate desires of the Iranian people.
    Shalom Aleichem.

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  3. He would be on the throne right now if it hadn’t been for Peanut Dhimmi Carter, who was a vicious antisemite who prated about “human rights” while embracing dictators and terrorists (Nicolae Ceausecu, Hafez Al Assad, Yasser Arafat, Daniel Ortega, Fidel Castro and eventually even Kim Il Sung) and whose only virtue was that his sanctimoniousness was matched by ineptitude.

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    • And from what I remember, Mr Carter was instrumental in the activities that lead to the destruction of South Africa.

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  5. America Held Hostage – in 1979 – months of misery thanks to Jimmy Carter, the French for allowing Khomeini to return to Iran, and of course, the fools who supported Khomeini in the United States universities. I wonder how many of these “students” now regret their support of Khomeini.

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    • Carter leant on the French to return Khomeini to Iran.

      Sort of similar to the Germans sending Lenin back to Russia during WWI.

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      • The Germans empowered Lenin to cripple Russia and the world war 1. Somehow I dont think the enemy that Germany gained by creating bolshevik destruction is exactly what they wanted. This one act of sending Lenin to Russia pretty much directly causes Hitler to rise to power from obscurity.

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    • Regret it now? In graduate school in knew plenty who regretted it within a couple of months. The question is, how many know how to avoid a re-run?

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  6. Might as well make it a clean sweep, not just regime change, but name change as well. I vote that Iran return to its original name of Persia and throw the evil associated with the name Iran into the dust bin of history and make a complete and total change. I believe the ‘Persians’ will love it.

    Rev. Roy………..<

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  7. “….a national and democratic government—by the Iranian people, for the Iranian people.” This is a blueprint for total disaster. Guy should just assume the throne. Not all peoples are suited to democracy; certainly not the Middle East. One could argue quite strongly that no country is. It’s an especially bad idea for Iran; reinstate the monarchy.

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    • I remember an incident from many years ago (pre-1979, obviously) when some “liberal” reporter asked the Shah why he didn’t rule his people with the same gentle hand as the King of Sweden ruled his.

      The Shah replied, “When my people behave like the Swedes, I will!”

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