Prince Reza Pahlavi's Interview with Christine Mallard on i24NEWS

In a conversation with Christine Mallard on i24NEWS, Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that the Islamic Republic is inherently incompatible with freedom, that regional stability is impossible without regime change, and that Western governments hesitated over the IRGC designation for fear for hostages. The Office of Prince Reza Pahlavi published excerpts of the conversation:

In a conversation with Christine Mallard, French journalist and correspondent, on i24NEWS, Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that he has warned for years that the Islamic Republic is by its very nature incompatible with freedom and democracy, and places the survival of its ideology above the interests and welfare of the Iranian people.

According to him, what we are witnessing today once again proves that warning right: a regime that thinks not of the welfare of the Iranian people but of its own survival and of exporting its ideology through proxy forces. The consequences of this policy are no longer confined to the Middle East and today also threaten the security of citizens in Europe and elsewhere in the world.

In a conversation with Christine Mallard, French journalist and correspondent, on i24NEWS, Prince Reza Pahlavi says that what has become clearer than ever after 47 years of experience with the Islamic Republic is that without changing this regime, lasting stability in the region will not be possible.

According to him, many in the world today have reached the conclusion that was warned about for years.

In a conversation with Christine Mallard, French journalist and correspondent, on i24NEWS, Prince Reza Pahlavi points to the differing approaches of governments toward the Islamic Republic: some countries have been more decisive in applying economic and diplomatic pressure, while others have continued to hesitate. France and the United Kingdom, for example, were among the last countries to place the IRGC on their lists of terrorist organizations.

According to him, one reason for this hesitation has been Western governments' concern for the fate of hostages and for preserving diplomatic access, an approach that has in practice made them more vulnerable to the Islamic Republic's blackmail.

As a French senator told him last year: “We have become the hostages of our own hostages.”

Surrendering to threats and blackmail is not the solution to the crisis; it is a policy that serves only the Islamic Republic, at the expense of the Iranian people and the free world.