Prince Reza Pahlavi's Speech at the "Kourosh 2" Event in Toronto, September 19, 2026

Prince Reza Pahlavi's Office has published a report on Prince Reza Pahlavi's speech at the "Kourosh 2" event in Toronto, held on the fourth anniversary of the state killing of Mahsa Amini. More than three thousand people attended, and the newspaper The Globe and Mail also covered the event.

The "Kourosh 2" event is being held in Toronto on September 19 (28 Shahrivar), on the fourth anniversary of the state killing of Mahsa Amini.

The event will feature the presence and speech of Prince Reza Pahlavi, along with politicians, families of the Immortals, political and civil activists, artists, athletes, and patriotic Iranians from different segments of society.

"The great epic of Dey 1404 was not the result of a fleeting excitement. Behind it lay a long, difficult, and costly road."

In his speech at the "Kourosh 2" event in Toronto, Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that the national revolution has taken root in the hearts of the people and in the secure, intelligent layers of Iranian society.

He described the epic of Dey 1404 not as a fleeting excitement but as the continuation of a long and costly path that began with the Kourosh Day gathering in 1395 and matured in the uprisings of Dey 96, Aban 98, and 1401.

Referring to the changed circumstances after the Islamic Republic's widespread crime on 18 and 19 Dey, Prince Reza Pahlavi said: "Today we are more experienced, more cohesive, and more determined than at any other time."

The goal remains clear; what changes are the tactics and the methods of reaching that goal under the new circumstances.

"Resorting to foreign mercenaries and calling people to military training through threats and inducements is a sign of the regime's distrust of its own forces."

At the "Kourosh 2" event, Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that a national communication and organizing network is active in the secure and deep layers of Iranian society, and that the Islamic Republic, because it lacks the power to stop this decentralized organization, denies its existence.

Referring to the growing rifts and distrust at the highest levels of the regime, he said that many civil and military personnel have quietly separated from the government and joined the nation. This "passive defection" is wearing down the pillars of repression from within and is preparing the ground for a stage in which military forces openly lay down their weapons.

Prince Reza Pahlavi added that the Islamic Republic's resort to foreign mercenaries to suppress the people is a sign of the regime's distrust of its own forces and of its growing weakness.

"If there were no organization, how could millions of brave Iranians inside and outside the country act in coordination and unity at critical moments?"

At the "Kourosh 2" event, responding to the Islamic Republic's lies about a lack of unity, program, and organization, Prince Reza Pahlavi stressed that unity does not mean thinking alike in every detail; rather, it means cooperation based on a shared goal and shared principles.

He listed the four foundational principles of this unity: preserving Iran's territorial integrity; the separation of religion from government; individual freedoms and the equality of all citizens before the law; and the nation's right to determine the future form of government through free and fair elections.

The Lion and Sun Revolution is open to all Iranians who are committed to these principles, whether republican or monarchist, right or left.

At the "Kourosh 2" event, Prince Reza Pahlavi said that the Islamic Republic thought that with the crime of 18 and 19 Dey it could silence the voice of the Iranian nation and consign the names of the Immortals to oblivion, but the powerful uprising of Iranians abroad displayed the unity of a nation before the world.

He recalled the historic demonstrations in Toronto amid the storm and harsh cold of Canada, and the presence of one and a half million Iranians on February 14 in Munich, Toronto, Los Angeles, Stockholm, and other cities around the world, and described it as a proud expression of national solidarity.

Prince Reza Pahlavi then paid tribute to the Immortals who, like the legends and heroes of the Shahnameh, gave their lives for the freedom and prosperity of Iran.

In the closing part of his speech at the "Kourosh 2" event, Prince Reza Pahlavi spoke of the self-respect, authenticity, and solidarity of the Iranian nation. He described the resistance of the people of Abdanan as a clear example of a nation that, despite economic pressures, does not allow the Islamic Republic to buy its will by exploiting poverty and empty tables.

He stressed that the Islamic Republic is worn out and hollow from within, while the Iranian nation continues on its path more determined and more organized than ever.

"Let us have faith in this national solidarity, in this authenticity, and in the path we are walking. Let us believe that the morning of freedom is near."

Alex Winston, news editor of The Jerusalem Post, reports on Prince Reza Pahlavi's speech at the "Kourosh the Great 2" event in Toronto and underlines its main message: the Islamic Republic is eroding from within, civilian and military figures are gradually distancing themselves from the regime, and decentralized networks of struggle are spreading across Iran.

After the killings of Dey, the movement has reorganized, adapted its tactics to the new circumstances, and entered a new stage. Its goal remains unchanged: the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and the establishment of a free and prosperous Iran.

The work is not yet finished. But the regime is increasingly hollowed out from within, while the Iranian people are more determined, more cohesive, and more organized than ever.

He ends his report with this part of Prince Reza Pahlavi's speech:

"The dawn of freedom is near."