IRAN’S exiled crown prince today warned the bloodthirsty Ayatollah is plotting to flee as his terror-stoking reign is “collapsing”.
Reza Pahlavi also urged the West not to “throw Iran‘s corrupt regime” a lifeline – or face more bloodshed.
Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a press conference[/caption]
A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber returns after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites[/caption]
Close-up view of craters after US strikes on Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant[/caption]
The Ayatollah is currently in hiding somewhere in Iran[/caption]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been in hiding since war broke out between Israel and Iran – and is understood to be holed up in a bunker.
But Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s final shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, today said the barbaric leader and senior regime generals are plotting to escape the country.
He also urged Western countries not to allow the regime “to survive” – describing it as Iran’s “Berlin wall moment”.
Speaking in Paris, the prince said: “But like all moments of great change, it comes with danger.
“We stand at a crossroads. One road leads to bloodshed and chaos. The other to a peaceful and democratic transition.
“The difference in these two roads depends on one factor and one factor alone.
“If the West throws the regime a lifeline, there will be more bloodshed and chaos because the regime will not stop or surrender after it has been humiliated.”
Pahlavi warned nowhere in the world will be safe as long as the Ayatollah’s regime remains in power.
He added: “No country, no people are safe whether its on the streets of Washington, Paris, Jerusalem, Riyadh or Tehran.”
Pahlavi today announced he has offered to “help our great nation navigate through this critical hour towards stability” – but insisted he does not seek political power.
It comes as Donald Trump last night hinted at regime change in Iran after unleashing US military might on nuclear sites on Sunday.
The US president said: “If the current Iranian regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be regime change? MIGA!”.
Pahlavi, 64, left Iran in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution saw his father toppled from power.
He has spent most of his time living in the US with his wife and three daughters – and is a leading voice in the call for regime change in Iran.
Reza Pahlavi made an impassioned plea in Paris[/caption]
His supporters gather with banners in London[/caption]
Supporters wave flags and banners[/caption]
President Donald Trump and his national security team meet in the Situation Room of the White House[/caption]
Iranian protesters hold up posters showing the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini[/caption]
Irans take to the strikes amid their conflict with Israel – and now the the US[/caption]
It comes as Iran has vowed revenge after Trump blitzed critical nuclear sites after a week of trading blows with Israel.
Trump hailed Operation Midnight Hammer as a “bullseye” that caused “monumental damage” to Iran’s doomsday plot.
Conflict in the Middle East now sits on a knife edge as it threatens to spiral and draw in other countries.
The bloodthirsty Iranian regime has today deployed a fresh barrage of missiles against Israel as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continues to cower in hiding.
Who was the Shah?
By Annabel Bate, Foreign News Reporter
THE last Shah of Iran was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
He ruled from 1941 to 1979, having succeeded his dad Reza Shah.
Mohammad Reza had a pro-Western foreign policy and encouraged economic development in the nation.
What led to his downfall initially however was 1963 The White Revolution – a series of social, political and economic reforms that Mohammad Reza initiated.
This looked to both modernise and westernise Iran.
But the reforms were perceived as controversial and led to some resistance from various religious and political factions.
On February 11, 1979, Iran’s army declared its neutrality, paving the way for the fall of US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza.
He died in exile in Egypt in 1980.
