He also said the Islamic Republic's recent outreach to the administration is a ploy to try to extinguish the nationwide protests that threaten the rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. When asked whether it's responsible to send Iranians to their deaths by encouraging them to take to the streets as the regime wages a violent crackdown, Pahlavi didn't answer directly, but said: "This is a war and war has casualties." But asked if he was willing to die for the cause, he said yes, and pointed to the fearlessness of those on the front lines of the protests.
Author: Caitlin Yilek
Published at: 2026-01-12 21:43:05
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