Visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau was a harrowing experience.
My wife Yasmine and I viewed the possessions left behind by the victims and visited the barracks, gas chambers, and crematoria. Every shoe and suitcase was a reminder of a human being who had a name, a family and a life.
The crimes of the Holocaust against the Jewish people are incomparable in the combination of its industrial scale of slaughter and the bureaucratic efficiency with which it was planned and organized. Auschwitz and Birkenau lay that plain.
My thoughts turned to the people of Iran, and to a regime that denies the Holocaust while attempting to erase the massacre of our compatriots from the world’s memory through internet blackouts, censorship and hidden executions.
But the Islamic Republic does not represent Iran. The heirs of Cyrus stand with the Jewish people. And while the regime seeks death and destruction, the Iranian nation is fighting for life and liberty.
We placed a wreath bearing the Lion and Sun on behalf of the Iranian people at the memorial to the victims. We will never forget and we will not allow the regime occupying Iran to turn our nation’s name and history into instruments of hatred.
A free Iran will once again stand for peace, life and human dignity.
Light will prevail over darkness.
@AuschwitzMuseum@EJAssociation
بازدید از آشوویتز و بیرکناو تجربهای هولناک و تکاندهنده بود.
من و همسرم یاسمین، وسایل بهجامانده از قربانیان را دیدیم و از سولهها، اتاقهای گاز و کورههای آدمسوزی بازدید کردیم. هر کفش و چمدان، یادآور انسانی بود که نام، خانواده و زندگی داشت.
جنایت هولوکاست علیه ملت یهود در تاریخ بیمانند است، کشتاری در ابعادی صنعتی که با دقت و کارآمدی یک دستگاه دیوانسالار طراحی و سازماندهی شد. آشوویتز و بیرکناو این واقعیت را آشکارا پیش چشم ما قرار میدهند.
در آنجا به مردم ایران اندیشیدم، و به رژیمی که هولوکاست را انکار میکند و همزمان میکوشد با قطع اینترنت، سانسور و اعدامهای پنهانی، کشتار هممیهنان ما را از حافظه جهان پاک کند.
اما جمهوری اسلامی نماینده ایران نیست. وارثان کوروش در کنار ملت یهود ایستادهاند و در حالی که رژیم در پی مرگ و ویرانی است، ملت ایران برای زندگی و آزادی مبارزه میکند.
در محل یادبود قربانیان، تاجگلی با نشان شیر و خورشید را به نمایندگی از ملت ایران قرار دادیم. ما هرگز فراموش نخواهیم کرد و اجازه نخواهیم داد رژیمی که ایران را اشغال کرده است، نام و تاریخ ملت ما را به ابزار نفرت تبدیل کند.
ایران آزاد بار دیگر نماد صلح، زندگی و کرامت انسانی خواهد بود.
نور بر تاریکی پیروز خواهد شد.
My conversation with Reza Pahlavi took a deeply personal turn when we discussed the possibility of his family returning to their homeland. What would it mean for him and his mother, Farah Diba, to set foot on Iranian soil again after decades in exile? https://t.co/PoRD6LLIur
🚨 BREAKING: THOUSANDS OF IRANIANS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF FRANKFURT!
Tens of thousands have gathered to stand with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and be the voice of millions of Iranians inside Iran who cannot speak freely.
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi will receive the 2026 Freedom Prize on behalf of the Iranian people.
THE IRANIAN PEOPLE WANT THEIR COUNTRY BACK! 🇮🇷🦁☀️
شاهزاده رضا پهلوی امروز طی مراسمی رسمی «جایزه آزادی ۲۰۲۶» بنیاد فریدریش نائومان را به عنوان امانتدار ملت ایران دریافت کرد.
شماری از دادخواهان ایران و بازماندگان جنایات جمهوری اسلامی، حین دریافت این جایزه، شاهزاده رضا پهلوی را همراهی کردند.
این مراسم در «کلیسای سنت پل» فرانکفورت، که به عنوان مهد دموکراسی آلمان شناخته میشود، برگزار شد.
Wir erwarten Schutz vor denjenigen, die uns bedrohen – und nicht die Einschränkung unserer Freiheit aufgrund dieser Drohungen! @Polizei_Ffm@Stadt_FFM@M_Ostermann
Apparently, the Islamic Republic now gets to decide who can speak in Germany.
Frankfurt police barred Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi from Saturday’s Freedom Prize rally because Tehran threatened violence against the crowd.
The mullahs issue threats and Germany obeys?
My sincere thanks to Belgian Defense Minister @FranckenTheo for his invitation to address the Royal Military Academy. I was pleased to speak to Belgium’s future military officers and leadership.
I look forward to the day when a free Iran again advances global peace, security.
آقای بوشه، از استقبال گرم شما در پارلمان بلژیک و حمایتتان از مردم ایران سپاسگزارم.
همانطور که در گفتوگویمان بر آن توافق داشتیم، سیاست مماشات شکست خورده است. اروپا باید با این رژیم مقابله کند و در مبارزه ایرانیان برای آزادی در کنار آنان بایستد. ایران آزاد، شریکی برای صلح و امنیت خواهد بود.
Thank you, @GLBouchez, for your warm welcome at Belgium’s Parliament and your support for the Iranian people.
As we agreed, the policy of appeasement has failed. Europe must confront this regime and stand with Iranians in the struggle for freedom. A free Iran will be a partner for peace and security.
Something must have seriously changed, because he addressed a crowd of 250,000 in Germany earlier this year, and that was not an issue.
It also begs the question: Does Germany act on behalf of the islamic regime now?
Is that who they are?
🔴 BREAKING:
Extremely worrying development.
Allegedly, the German police has decided that the Shah of Iran is NOT ALLOWED to attend or speak at tomorrow's planned rally in Frankfurt.
According to a statement by Princess Yasmine Pahlavi in the last hour, the islamic regime has directly threatened violence against the crowd if he takes the stage, and German police has bent over to their intimidation tactic.
The IRGC has infiltrated the entire world like a cancer.
But what this means is that they fear us, and they are so panicked that they want to silence our Shah even in Europe.
And to everyone attending tomorrow:
Please don't be afraid, and make your voices heard. Do not let this terrorist regime bully you or demoralise you.
Raise your voices high, for the sake of our homeland and the people inside Iran who count on us.
JAVID SHAH.
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Europe must stand with the Iranian people.
Supporting their fight for freedom is not only our moral responsibility; it is also in our shared interest.
Sanctions against Iran’s regime are not enough. Europe must take further action against those persecuting the Iranian people and against the regime’s proxies.
To the Iranian people: you are not alone. Justice, life and freedom will come for Iranian women and for all Iranians.
That was the message of EPP Group Vice-Chair @fxbellamy as he welcomed Iranian opposition leader @PahlaviReza to the European Parliament. He also welcomed Danial Eyvazi, a survivor of the January 2026 massacre, alongside Sara Sadeghi Mohseni and Arsalan Khoubi-Pour, whose brothers were killed by the regime’s security forces.
Why Iran’s ‘opposition’ cults fear Reza Pahlavi more than the Mullahs | OP-ED by Erfan Fard, a counterterrorism analyst and Middle East studies researcher based in Washington, with a particular focus on Iran, Islamic terrorism & ethnic conflicts. https://t.co/WuRfvYXLSn
Europe must stand with the Iranian people in their pursuit of freedom, democracy & a future free from repression of the brutal mullah regime.
This was at the heart of my exchange with @PahlaviReza.
#Iran#RezaPahlavi