My full remarks this morning at @PressClubDC:
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It’s a pleasure to be back at the National Press Club. Thank you for the invitation and I look forward to taking your questions later.
Today the Middle East is on the cusp of fundamental change — a reset that has the potential to course-correct decades of terror, conflict, and chaos to peace, prosperity, and stability.
This reset has been made possible by the significant weakening of Hamas in Gaza, the decapitation of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the fall of Assad in Syria. But it is also made possible by the leadership, vision, and hope offered by leaders — from Riyadh to Jerusalem and across the region— who seek to work together for the prosperity of their people.
But while today offers historic opportunities to the peacemakers, the warmongers are not sitting idly by. The warmongers, the arsonists that have kept the Middle East ablaze for 45 years, are sitting in Tehran. Ali Khamenei and his regime — even those he sends you in well-spoken English and a smile — do not seek to be a part of this burgeoning peace. They seek to destroy it.
How do we know? Because they’ve not just told us. They’ve shown us. From its very onset this illegitimate, criminal regime has waged war on the people of Iran and the people of the United States.
When it murdered our bravest generals it took your embassy staff hostage. When it killed our intellectuals in chain murders it blew up your Marine barracks in Lebanon. When it slaughtered our most courageous youth in the street, it attempted to assassinate your president - Donald Trump.
“Death to America” is not just this regime’s slogan. As Ali Khamenei himself says, it is its policy.
But today, with its proxies in shambles, the Islamic Republic is weaker than ever. So, afraid for its very survival and willing to do anything to save itself, in the coming weeks and months, you will see a different face of the Islamic Republic. It will not speak the language of jihad, hostage-taking, or chaos. It will talk of deal-making, mutual interest, and pragmatism. As it has for half a century, it will use every trick in the book and every tool of subterfuge to lie, cheat, and steal its way to a new deal with the United States.
If it gets that deal, it will use the benefits and concessions it extracts to rebuild its proxies and prepare to inflict more pain and chaos on the region. It will look to bring about an even more terrifying October 7th. It will again wage war on the American people and American interests. This is not my opinion on analysis. It is the track record of the past 45 years. It is this regime’s DNA.
So the United States has a choice— will it seek to use the leverage and this historic opportunity to fundamentally alter the trajectory of the Middle East and the world to bring about lasting peace and prosperity? Or will it fall for the flirtations of a radical Islamic regime and hand the Middle East back to its radical, terrorist proxies?
Of course, put this way, the first option sounds like the obvious choice. But I know there are those, whether out of ignorance, ideology, or personal interest, who look to mislead the administration into thinking that change in Iran can only come about by war and would only lead to something worse. Let me address this directly and frankly: Mr President, anyone telling you that you have to sacrifice the lives of your brave troops to see change in Iran and a peaceful Middle East is lying to you.
We do not seek America’s troops nor do we seek her treasures in our fight for Iran’s liberation. It is Iranians themselves who are fighting to liberate their homeland and to join the burgeoning movement for peace in the region that their occupiers are trying to stop. They have consistently been on the streets, not just seeking their liberation but fighting for it.
But my compatriots are not alone. I will not let them fight this fight alone. They have called on me to lead the transition from this warmongering regime to a stable, peaceful future. I have accepted their call and I am here to do my duty.
My plan to bring down and replace this regime involves splitting the regime and facilitating defections, engaging the grassroots inside Iran, mobilizing global public opinion and the diaspora, working with G20 governments to place maximum pressure on the regime and give maximum support to the people, and finally preparing for the transition and the economic and political reconstruction.
It is because of that duty I have to my compatriots who seek to join the ranks of peacemakers that I am here today with a message: it is time to grab the opportunity presenting itself for a historic reset of the Middle East that will end the endless wars and bring lasting prosperity to all the nations of the region and the world. But that can only happen when we are free of the world’s chief warmonger: the Islamic Republic.
Thank you.
My full remarks this morning at @PressClubDC:
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It’s a pleasure to be back at the National Press Club. Thank you for the invitation and I look forward to taking your questions later.
Today the Middle East is on the cusp of fundamental change — a reset that has the potential to course-correct decades of terror, conflict, and chaos to peace, prosperity, and stability.
This reset has been made possible by the significant weakening of Hamas in Gaza, the decapitation of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the fall of Assad in Syria. But it is also made possible by the leadership, vision, and hope offered by leaders — from Riyadh to Jerusalem and across the region— who seek to work together for the prosperity of their people.
But while today offers historic opportunities to the peacemakers, the warmongers are not sitting idly by. The warmongers, the arsonists that have kept the Middle East ablaze for 45 years, are sitting in Tehran. Ali Khamenei and his regime — even those he sends you in well-spoken English and a smile — do not seek to be a part of this burgeoning peace. They seek to destroy it.
How do we know? Because they’ve not just told us. They’ve shown us. From its very onset this illegitimate, criminal regime has waged war on the people of Iran and the people of the United States.
When it murdered our bravest generals it took your embassy staff hostage. When it killed our intellectuals in chain murders it blew up your Marine barracks in Lebanon. When it slaughtered our most courageous youth in the street, it attempted to assassinate your president - Donald Trump.
“Death to America” is not just this regime’s slogan. As Ali Khamenei himself says, it is its policy.
But today, with its proxies in shambles, the Islamic Republic is weaker than ever. So, afraid for its very survival and willing to do anything to save itself, in the coming weeks and months, you will see a different face of the Islamic Republic. It will not speak the language of jihad, hostage-taking, or chaos. It will talk of deal-making, mutual interest, and pragmatism. As it has for half a century, it will use every trick in the book and every tool of subterfuge to lie, cheat, and steal its way to a new deal with the United States.
If it gets that deal, it will use the benefits and concessions it extracts to rebuild its proxies and prepare to inflict more pain and chaos on the region. It will look to bring about an even more terrifying October 7th. It will again wage war on the American people and American interests. This is not my opinion on analysis. It is the track record of the past 45 years. It is this regime’s DNA.
So the United States has a choice— will it seek to use the leverage and this historic opportunity to fundamentally alter the trajectory of the Middle East and the world to bring about lasting peace and prosperity? Or will it fall for the flirtations of a radical Islamic regime and hand the Middle East back to its radical, terrorist proxies?
Of course, put this way, the first option sounds like the obvious choice. But I know there are those, whether out of ignorance, ideology, or personal interest, who look to mislead the administration into thinking that change in Iran can only come about by war and would only lead to something worse. Let me address this directly and frankly: Mr President, anyone telling you that you have to sacrifice the lives of your brave troops to see change in Iran and a peaceful Middle East is lying to you.
We do not seek America’s troops nor do we seek her treasures in our fight for Iran’s liberation. It is Iranians themselves who are fighting to liberate their homeland and to join the burgeoning movement for peace in the region that their occupiers are trying to stop. They have consistently been on the streets, not just seeking their liberation but fighting for it.
But my compatriots are not alone. I will not let them fight this fight alone. They have called on me to lead the transition from this warmongering regime to a stable, peaceful future. I have accepted their call and I am here to do my duty.
My plan to bring down and replace this regime involves splitting the regime and facilitating defections, engaging the grassroots inside Iran, mobilizing global public opinion and the diaspora, working with G20 governments to place maximum pressure on the regime and give maximum support to the people, and finally preparing for the transition and the economic and political reconstruction.
It is because of that duty I have to my compatriots who seek to join the ranks of peacemakers that I am here today with a message: it is time to grab the opportunity presenting itself for a historic reset of the Middle East that will end the endless wars and bring lasting prosperity to all the nations of the region and the world. But that can only happen when we are free of the world’s chief warmonger: the Islamic Republic.
Thank you.
شاهزاده رضا پهلوی امروز سهشنبه، ۹ بهمنماه، در «باشگاه ملی مطبوعات» آمریکا در شهر واشنگتن سخنرانی خواهد کرد.
موضوع این سخنرانی به ضرورت آزادی و حقوق بشر برای مردم ایران اختصاص دارد. سخنرانی شاهزاده رضا پهلوی از ساعت ۱۸:۳۰ به وقت تهران (۱۰ صبح به وقت محلی) آغاز میشود و با بخش پرسش و پاسخ ادامه خواهد داشت.
تلویزیون منوتو این سخنرانی را بهصورت زنده از تلویزیون ماهوارهای برای داخل ایران و کانال یوتیوب منوتو برای ایرانیان خارج از کشور پخش خواهد کرد.
@MikeBalsamo1@PressClubDC
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شاهزاده رضا پهلوی امروز سهشنبه، ۹ بهمنماه، برابر با ۲۸ ژانویه ۲۰۲۵، در نشستی در «باشگاه ملی مطبوعات» آمریکا در شهر واشنگتن حضور یافتند. این نشست در دو بخش سخنرانی و پرسش و پاسخ برگزار شد. آنچه در این ویدئو میبینید نسخه کامل بخش سخنرانی شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در این نشست است که همراه با زیرنویس فارسی تقدیم شما همراهان میشود. لازم به یادآوری است که بخش پرسش و پاسخ این نشست مهم نیز به زودی و همراه با دوبله فارسی در پلتفرمهای یونیکا منتشر خواهد شد.
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Thank you, @marcorubio. Your support gives Iranians inspiration in their fight to reclaim their great civilization.
Free of this illegitimate, criminal regime— which has held both Iranians and Americans hostage— we can build a peaceful and prosperous future for both our nations.
I was pleased to be back on Capitol Hill for a new round of meetings with Members of Congress. The Islamic Republic is weaker than ever and the people of Iran are ready to take their country back.
@RepMcCormick and I discussed how this benefits America and how Congress can help.
در شرایطی که جمهوری اسلامی از همیشه ضعیفتر است و ملت ایران آماده بازپسگیری کشورشان هستند، برای دور تازهای از گفتگو با نمایندگان مردم آمریکا به ساختمان کنگره رفتم.
دیدار با عضو مجلس نمایندگان، آقای ریچ مککورمیک به چگونگی #حمایت_حداکثری ایالات متحده از مبارزه ملت ایران برای آزادی اختصاص داشت و اینکه چنین حمایتی در راستای منافع ملی آمریکا نیز است.
It was a great honor for @mercedesschlapp and me to meet @PahlaviReza the Crown Prince of Iran who is bravely fighting for a secular democracy in his country. Iranians fixing Iran will solve so many of the world’s crises.
I was pleased to meet with @mschlapp, @mercedesschlapp and the @CPAC team to discuss the peace and prosperity a free Iran would bring the Middle East, the United States, and the world. I was touched by their support of my compatriots’ fight for liberation.
شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در پیامی ویدئویی از ایرانیان خواست با خرید عضویت در کانال یوتیوب تلویزیون منوتو از این شبکه حمایت کنند. او گفت: «خیلی از رسانهها با بودجههای دولتی و برای دولتهای دیگر کار میکنند. نهادها و رسانههای مستقل نقش بسیار حائز اهمیتی از این لحاظ دارند و شبکه منوتو یکی از آنها است.» شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در ادامه افزود: «من خودم عضو کانال یوتیوب منوتو هستم و فکر میکنم از طریق کمک خودم را به این رسانه میرسانم. امیدوار هستم شما نیز به سهم خودتان از این رسانه حمایت کنید».
مسیحیان سراسر جهان طی دو هفته آینده، کریسمس و آغاز سال نو میلادی را جشن میگیرند، و یهودیان نیز عید روشناییها (حنوکا) را گرامی میدارند. من این دو عید را از صمیم قلب به همه مسیحیان و یهودیان ایران، که بخشی جداییناپذیر از ملت کهن و متمدن ما هستند، شادباش میگویم.
شما، هممیهنان عزیز مسیحی و یهودی، از زمان سلطهی جمهوری اسلامی بر ایران، مورد ظلم مضاعف این رژیم قرار داشتهاید؛ از حقوق بدیهیتان محروم شدهاید، و با اعدام و ترور، زندان و شکنجه، و نفرتپراکنی و آزار سیستماتیک روبهرو بودهاید.
اما به شما اطمینان میدهم که پس از سقوط رژیم، در آیندهی آزاد و دموکراتیک ایران، حقوق اساسی شما بازگردانده خواهد شد؛ تبعیض مذهبی پایان خواهد یافت؛ و در سایه سکولاریسم و حکومت قانون، آزادی باور همه شهروندان تضمین خواهد شد. در آن آینده شکوهمند، ایرانیان، با هر دین و آیین، در کنار هم، نقش اساسی در بازسازی میهنمان ایفا خواهند کرد.
ما فرزندان کوروشیم و میراث ارزنده او برای ما همزیستی مسالمتآمیز ادیان و مذاهب زیر چتر دولتی قدرتمند و مدافع حقوق بشر است. باور داشته باشیم که بار دیگر نور ایران بر تاریکی اهریمن پیروز خواهد شد، و ملت ایران به آرامش، آزادی، و امنیتی که شایسته آن هستند، دست خواهند یافت.
عید کریسمس و عید حنوکا بر شما فرخنده باد!
In the next two weeks, Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas and the Jewish community will gather for Hanukkah. In this holy season, I am thinking especially of Iranian Christians and Jews who are an indivisible part of the ancient Iranian nation. I extend them my sincere greetings and very best wishes.
Under the Islamic Republic Iranian Christians and Jews have faced persecution and repression that has included widespread violations of their most fundamental rights simply because of their faith. In this holiday season, I assure our dear Iranian Christian and Jewish compatriots that after the fall of the Islamic Republic, they will once again enjoy full, equal, and protected rights as citizens and have them guaranteed and defended by the constitution and rule of law.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!