Reza Pahlavi

From Chanel to exile: the rise and fall of Iran’s last empress

Farah Diba's iconic fashion sense tried to stitch together Iran’s imperial past with a modern future. After the revolution, her memory still lingers as a symbol of what their country could have been.

 A WOMAN stands next to a poster of Persian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and the pre-revolution flag of Iran bearing the lion and the sun, during a protest in Munich.
 Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Iran’s Crown Prince Pahlavi offers way out, but the IRGC must fall first - analysis

 Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

'This is our Berlin wall moment': Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi calls for regime change in Iran

 Demonstrators wave flags outside the Iranian Embassy in London, June 22, 2025.

Encouraging the return of Tehran’s citizens to support a popular uprising - opinion


Iran's Reza Pahlavi says 100-day transition plan in place if Khamenei falls

Pahlavi also directed his message to the military, police, and state workers, many of whom he said have contacted him in recent days.

Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on October 22, 2024.

Exiled crown prince calls on Iranians to overthrow Khamenei for dragging Iran into war

Reza Pahlavi, writing in Persian, stated that war, likely between Israel-US and Iran, would be "Khamenei's war and the Islamic Republic's war," and not Iran or the the Iranian people's war.

Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on October 22, 2024.

Granddaughter of Iranian Shah marries Jewish American

Many of the online messages extoled the symbolic nature of the interfaith union and noted their lacking support for the Islamic Republic.

 Screenshot from Twitter/X showing Iman Pahlavi and her husband Bradley Sherman on their wedding day in Paris, France.

Iran’s historic moment: The people must rise to reclaim future of the nation - opinion

Iranians face a historic opportunity, not merely to dismantle a decaying order, but to build a new system rooted in legitimacy and the will of the people.

 Members of the Iranian diaspora gather in front of the White House, part of a chain of events taking place in the US, Canada, and Europe in support of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, calling for a free and democratic Iran, earlier this month.

CPAC for Iranians in exile: Uniting for the downfall of the ayatollah - opinion

CPAC provides Iranians with a space to discuss and collaborate and facilitates a platform that brings together opposition to the tyrannical regime.

A pro-democracy protest by Iranians in the United States

The US must let Iranians choose their own fate, not dictate their future - opinion

US think tanks weaken the real resistance inside Iran; Pahlavi at Israeli-American Council summit: Iranians seek a strategic partnership, not Western intervention.

 A woman poses next to an Iranian flag and photo of the Persian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, during a protest on the day of the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 17, 2023.

Why Iranians embrace Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi: Nowruz vs Ramadan, Pahlavi vs Khamenei - opinion

During the New Year celebration Nowruz, Iranians chose their old traditions, while the regime imposed mourning for Imam Ali. More and more, slogans for Reza Pahlavi as leader of a secular Iran.

 A woman poses next to an Iranian flag and photo of the Persian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, during a protest on the day of the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 17, 2023.

'Imagine a new Iran': Reza Pahlavi envisions Iran without Islamic Republic in Nowruz message

Marking the Iranian New Year, Pahlavi said that Iran without the Islamic Republic would contribute to "regional stability, global security, and economic growth."

Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on October 22, 2024.

Playing with fire, Iran’s youth risk Khamenei’s wrath celebrating Persian festival - analysis

This year, against the backdrop of Ramadan and rising discontent, the celebrations took on an unmistakably political tone.

 An Iranian woman jumps a fire during the Wednesday Fire feast, or Chaharshanbeh Soori, held annually on the last Wednesday eve before the Spring holiday of Nowruz, in Tehran, on March 18, 2025.

Twilight of the Islamic Republic: The rocky road to regime change in Iran has begun - opinion

This momentous period in history heralds the demise of religious despotism in Tehran, the disintegration of the regime of the corrupt, terrorist mullahs.

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after he votes during runoff parliamentary elections, in Tehran, last Friday. Iran’s regime and its theocratic governance are evidently on a decline, the writer asserts.

The fabrication by criminal terrorists to please Iran’s dictator - opinion

The Iranian regime is on the verge of collapse; criminal mullahs attempt to distract the Iranian people from uniting behind the leadership of the Prince of Iran.

 The late Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi