🚨 BREAKING: Ali Javanmardi, head of the Persian service at Voice of America, told Iranians to ignore Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s call for the next phase of mobilization and not return to the streets.
Javanmardi—who claims to be speaking on behalf of the U.S. government—also accused an unnamed country of attacking Iran’s infrastructure, while deliberately avoiding any reference to Israel, and claimed that President Trump had intervened to stop such actions.
It should be noted that Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s call on January 8–9 led to the largest wave of protests in Iran’s history. Yet Voice of America refused to cover those demonstrations. Under Javanmardi’s leadership, the U.S. taxpayer-funded outlet has engaged in extensive censorship and repeated attacks against Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi—sparking widespread outrage among both Iranians and Iranian Americans.