I have been told that Crown Prince @PahlaviReza cannot be invited to speak at the European Parliament because it would be seen as an expression of support for monarchy.
But who is being invited as the keynote speaker for next week’s plenary session in Strasbourg?
The King of Spain.
This is how the EU celebrates Spain’s 40 years of membership.
Instead of celebrations, I believe it would be more important to help the Iranian people, who are currently being executed en masse.
And this is why Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who has lived in exile for 47 years, should be given the floor.
I joined 58 of my colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging the Department of State to continue publicly condemning the Iranian regime's violent repression of protesters, including attacks on hospitals and medical facilities.
So far, only 22 out of 720 MEPs have signed the petition letter to invite @PahlaviReza to speak to the European Parliament.
With this number of signatures, the petition will not go through.
We now need every one of you: please contact your own MEP.
3,400 Iranians in tech call for the end of the Islamic regime, urge urgent US and free world support for protesters, and endorse Reza Pahlavi as a unifying transition leader.
Signed by founders, engineers, investors, and scientists from Google, Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, MIT, and Harvard.
It’s been 183 hours since the internet shutdown. People inside Iran have zero connection to the outside world.
Travelers report that the Islamic Republic is now confiscating satellite dishes as well.
Every day, the death toll rises. Iranians outside the country can’t work, can’t focus, can’t sleep they’re terrified and desperately trying to wake the world to this crime.
And what help has the Iranian people received so far?
Nothing.
#DigitalblackoutIran
#IranMassacre
If not now, then when?
It's time for Europe to act decisively.
It’s time for stronger sanctions against those sustaining the Iranian regime through violence, killings and repression.
It’s time for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to finally be designated as a terrorist organisation.
It's time for freedom in Iran.
To all of our friends around the world,
Under the yoke of the Islamic Republic, Iran is identified in your minds with terrorism, extremism, and poverty. The real Iran is a different Iran. A beautiful, peace-loving, and flourishing Iran.
It is the Iran that existed before the Islamic Republic, and it is the Iran that will rise again from its ashes the day the Islamic Republic falls.
So let me be clear about how a free Iran will act toward its neighbors and the world, after the fall of this regime.
In security and foreign policy, Iran’s nuclear military program will end. Support for terrorist groups will cease immediately. A free Iran will work with regional and global partners to confront terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, and extremist Islamism.
Iran will act as a friend and a stabilizing force in the region. And it will be a responsible partner in global security.
In diplomacy, relations with the United States will be normalized and our friendship with America and her people will be restored. The State of Israel will be recognized immediately. We will pursue the expansion of the Abraham Accords into the Cyrus accords bringing together a free Iran, Israel, and the Arab world.
A new chapter will begin, grounded in mutual recognition, sovereignty, and national interest.
In energy, Iran holds some of the largest oil and gas reserves in the world. A free Iran will become a reliable energy supplier to the free world. Policy-making will be transparent. Iran’s actions will be responsible. Prices will be predictable.
In transparency and governance, Iran will adopt and enforce international standards. Money laundering will be confronted. Organized corruption will be dismantled. Public institutions will answer to the people.
In the economy, Iran is one of the world’s last great untapped markets. Our population is educated, modern, with a diaspora that connects it to the four corners of the world. A democratic Iran will open its economy to trade, investment, and innovation. And Iran will seek to invest in the world.
Opportunity will replace isolation.
This is not an abstract vision. It is a practical one. Grounded in national interest, stability, and cooperation.
To achieve this, now is the time to stand with the Iranian people. The fall of the Islamic Republic and the establishment of a secular, democratic government in Iran will not only restore dignity to my people, it will benefit the region and the world.
A free Iran will be a force for peace. For prosperity. And for partnership.
I am collecting signatures from my colleagues for a letter to @EP_President Roberta Metsola, inviting Mr. @PahlaviReza to address the European Parliament.
For years, the EU has engaged in dialogue with Iranian authorities who are responsible for the mass executions of protesters on the streets.
It is time to hear the voice of the person whose name brave Iranians are chanting before they are killed.
Please contact the MEP you voted for and kindly ask them to sign the request.
The deadline for signatures is tomorrow, Friday, at 13:00. Immediately after that, the letter will be sent to the President of the European Parliament.
12,000 deaths in just two days!
Does anybody hear us?!
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp
#DigitalBlackoutIran
'HELP' FOR IRANIAN PEOPLE: Sen. Lindsey Graham urges President Trump to unleash 'military, cyber and psychological attacks' against Iran's regime as protesters risk their lives in the streets. https://t.co/ttrPoMZN7h
More than 12,000 innocent people were killed in just 72 hours by the Islamic Republic, while the internet was shut down and they were completely cut off from the outside world. Thousands more are now at risk of execution.For days, Iranians outside Iran have been warning the world that lives are in danger.Politicians keep issuing statements. No action No consequences.Silence and prayers are not neutrality they are complicity.
#DigitalBlackoutIran #IranMassacre
Regimes that rely on mass murder to cling to power are weak and doomed. The people of Iran have courageously and relentlessly demanded freedom and dignity from this death cult regime. We pray for the loved ones of those murdered by cowards. #FreeIran#MakeIranGreatAgain
I stand with President Trump in support of the Iranian people.
When the tyrannical Iranian regime falls, its terrorist leaders must be held accountable, both for their crimes against their own people and against Americans.
The rising number of casualties in Iran is horrifying. I unequivocally condemn the excessive use of force and continued restriction of freedom.
The European Union has already listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety under its human rights sanctions regime.
In close cooperation with HRVP @kajakallas, further sanctions on those responsible for the repression will be swiftly proposed.
We stand with the people of Iran who are bravely marching for their liberty.