After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support

[Allan]

I'm glad to see this poser talk his way to irrelevance. If Iran is to change political systems let it be to democracy, not another monarchy.

Hours before a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Iran on June 24, the son of Iran’s last shah, Reza Pahlavi, held a televised news conference in the French capital, Paris.

Dressed in a grey suit and blue tie with his hair combed back, the 64-year-old exiled (and self-styled) crown prince of the monarchy that Iranians overthrew in 1979 urged the United States not to give Iran’s government a “lifeline” by restarting diplomatic talks on its nuclear programme.

Pahlavi insisted that Iran’s Islamic Republic was collapsing.

Instead, many Iranians – including those opposed to the government – rallied around the flag in a moment of attack by a foreign force. It appears that Pahlavi, who said in his Paris speech that he was ready to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and lead Iranians down a “road of peace and democratic transition”, had misread the room.

After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support

Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[ASHES]

I don't think there's any situation where he's a legitimate leader without first having fair elections. Regardless of what he's said or who he's supported. It's a tad early to be talking about the foreign policy of his administration. I can't even imagine how a fair election could even happen in Iran, even with/especially after a military coup.

 

[Tigerace117]

I'm glad to see this poser talk his way to irrelevance. If Iran is to change political systems let it be to democracy, not another monarchy.

After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support

Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy.

www.aljazeera.com

Israel was close allies with the dictatorship that ruled Iran prior to 1979. This is hardly a surprise.

 

[Along Came Jones]

Israel was close allies with the dictatorship that ruled Iran prior to 1979. This is hardly a surprise.

A repressive regime replaced by an even more repressive regime. The Persians seem incapable of change.

 

[Allan]

A repressive regime replaced by an even more repressive regime. The Persians seem incapable of change.

A revolutionary mob burning stuff in the streets and hanging people from construction cranes sometimes doesn't know what the hell they're doing, or for whom.

 

[venice_ca]

I'm glad to see this poser talk his way to irrelevance. If Iran is to change political systems let it be to democracy, not another monarchy.

After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support

Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy.

www.aljazeera.com

Iranians of various political views rallying together against a common foreign enemy — it’s not as if this were not easily predictable.

 

[Tigerace117]

A repressive regime replaced by an even more repressive regime. The Persians seem incapable of change.

America has been incapable of change for centuries. Blaming the “Persians” in i; poor taste.

 

[Tigerace117]

A revolutionary mob burning stuff in the streets and hanging people from construction cranes sometimes doesn't know what the hell they're doing, or for whom.

College students desperate for change are as easily directed as fighter pilots desperate to defend their country...even from the West.

 

[Along Came Jones]

America has been incapable of change for centuries. Blaming the “Persians” in i; poor taste.

America has undergone perpetual change in governance style since its inception. The Persians exchanged a monarchy's repressive governance for theistic repressive governance. Taste has nothing to do with my observation. Fact is fact.

 

[joluoto]

I don't think there's any situation where he's a legitimate leader without first having fair elections. Regardless of what he's said or who he's supported. It's a tad early to be talking about the foreign policy of his administration. I can't even imagine how a fair election could even happen in Iran, even with/especially after a military coup.

He and his supporters also aren't interested in democracy. And his supporters are in Europe and US, not Iran.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

A repressive regime replaced by an even more repressive regime. The Persians seem incapable of change.

Iran had a democracy in the early 1950’s until the US/Uk decided to end it

 

[Tigerace117]

America has undergone perpetual change in governance style since its inception. The Persians exchanged a monarchy's repressive governance for theistic repressive governance. Taste has nothing to do with my observation. Fact is fact.

Iran was a democracy before the U.S. decided that wasn’t unacceptable and installed a pro Western tyrant.