Noor Pahlavi’s heart breaks as she watches her people suffer in Iran – a land in which she never stepped foot, yet remains forever in her blood.
The exiled princess recounted in a wide-ranging interview with The California Post the horrors inflicted on protesters, parents and even children during a crackdown by the same brutal regime that deposed her grandfather, the Shah of Iran, 47 years ago.
Kids have been shot in the street, doctors persecuted for treating anti-regime protesters and scores of Iranians abducted for secretive interrogations, often never to return, Pahlavi said.
“Imagine if this were happening to you and your country,” she said. “It’s happening at the hands of the government, the government that’s meant to protect them.
“It’s literally a government waging war on its own citizens. It’s just incredibly painful to watch, to hear about. And it’s hard for people here to see and hear about. But it’s our responsibility not to look away.”
Pahlavi’s passionate plea for regime change comes as the protests against the regime persist, on the streets of Iran and worldwide – including amassive rallyin her newfound home of Los Angeles.
The protests run parallel with President Trump’s renewed saber rattling against Iran. He hassent two aircraft carriersto the Middle East as he weighs a military strike, giving Tehran a10-day ultimatum.
The confluence of pressures from inside and outside Iran shows the regime has never been so ripe for change, Pahlavi said.
“It’s never been this close, and the regime has never been this weak,” she said.
”The need for regime change can’t be stressed enough. A reformist won’t do it. And, you know, they’re [the Iranian people] being extremely clear.
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