{"id":3427,"date":"2026-04-23T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:32:06","slug":"reza-pahlavi-appeals-to-western-countries-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3427","title":{"rendered":"Reza Pahlavi appeals to western countries for support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><br>The son of the former Shah appealed to Western countries to join the war against Iran and criticised the decision of the German government \u200bnot to meet him during his visit to Berlin on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reza \u200cPahlavi, whose father was deposed in the revolution that brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power in 1979, accused Europe of standing by and allowing the Tehran government to continue the \u200bbloody repression of protests that killed thousands at the end of last \u200byear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe question is not whether change will come. Change is on \u2060the way,\u201d he told a press conference in Berlin. \u201cThe real question is how \u200bmany Iranians will lose their lives while the community of Western democracies continue \u200bto merely watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrations by both supporters and opponents were held in central Berlin and a person was detained after Pahlavi, who made an appearance, was spattered with some form of red \u200bliquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POTENTIAL OPPOSITION LEADER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pahlavi, who has spent most of his life in exile, emerged \u200bas a potential opposition leader after anti-government protests erupted in Tehran and other Iranian cities last \u200cyear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But \u2060Iran\u2019s opposition movements are deeply divided and many Western governments have been cautious about offering their endorsement because it remains unclear what support he enjoys, almost half a century after his father\u2019s reign was overturned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European countries, including Germany, have ruled \u200bout joining the United \u200bStates and Israel, \u2060which opened the war on February 28 with a wave of airstrikes that killed Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pahlavi\u2019s \u200bvisit to Germany came as efforts to end the conflict \u200bappear to \u2060have stalled, with Iran and the United States both maintaining blockades of the vital Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for around a fifth of the world\u2019s oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said \u2060it \u200bwas a shame that Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s government \u200bhad not offered a meeting during his visit to Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExercise your prerogative. 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