I salute the people of Ukraine on their 35th anniversary of Independence. On this important day the people of Iran stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine in their fight against aggression and occupation. Your solidarity with the people of Iran as they struggle for freedom will never be forgotten. We will always remember our friends.
Slava Ukraini
I was glad to meet again with @PierrePoilievre and discuss our shared desire for Western policies on Iran that support the Iranian people's movement to liberate themselves from the Islamic Republic.
He expressed his and his party's commitment to a secular, democratic Iran free from the dictatorship of the current regime and a process of free and fair elections in which Iranian decide their future.
I thanked him for his consistent support for the people of Iran and their human rights and dignity and accepted his invitation to visit Canada again where we will continue our conversation on how to help the Iranian people and free the world of regime holding us all hostage.
Iran's Rights in the Caspian Sea Are Not Negotiable.
The Islamic Republic, amid profound structural weakness and a deep crisis of legitimacy, is seeking to advance and implement the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea (the Aktau Convention). This effort, undertaken without the mandate of the Iranian people and without a clear and comprehensive guarantee of Iran's historic rights, is deeply concerning and constitutes a serious threat to Iran's national interests.
Under the 1921 and 1940 treaties between Iran and the Soviet Union, the legal regime governing the Caspian Sea was founded on the parties' shared rights and the principles of mutual agreement and common interests.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the newly independent states reaffirmed, in the Alma-Ata Declaration (December 1991), their commitment to the treaties of the former Soviet Union and to fulfilling the international obligations arising from those agreements through the successor states.
Accordingly, any fundamental change to the legal status of this strategically vital body of water must be made with the agreement of all littoral states and with full respect for Iran's rights.
However, the Aktau Convention provides for the conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements among the littoral states concerning portions of the seabed and subsoil of the Caspian Sea, areas that were previously part of the shared waters of Iran and the Soviet Union.
This sets a dangerous precedent. By circumventing the principle of consensus among all littoral states, it effectively weakens Iran's historic position and diminishes the country's role in determining the future legal status of the Caspian Sea.
Since the signing of the Aktau Convention in 2018, I have repeatedly warned that "national interests cannot be safeguarded from a position of weakness." At the time, I also stressed that the criminal clique ruling the Islamic Republic sacrifices the interests of the Iranian nation and homeland for its own survival, and that its foreign policy repeatedly resorts to concessions and appeasement from a position of weakness.
My position on the current process remains unchanged. I consider the Islamic Republic's attempt to ratify this convention to be contrary to Iran's national interests.
No decision concerning Iran's resources, borders, or sovereign rights in this strategic body of water can possess legitimacy without the genuine participation and consent of the Iranian people. Iran's rights in the Caspian Sea are not negotiable, nor can they be relinquished. Any action that undermines these rights will be recorded in the historical memory of the Iranian nation, and those responsible will ultimately be held accountable by the people of Iran.
جمهوری اسلامی در شرایط ضعف شدید ساختاری و بحران مشروعیت، قصد پیشبرد و اجرای «کنوانسیون رژیم حقوقی دریای کاسپین» (کنوانسیون آکتائو) را دارد. این تلاش رژیم، بدون پشتوانه اراده ملت ایران و بدون تضمین روشن و کامل حقوق تاریخی کشور، اقدامی نگرانکننده و تهدیدی جدی علیه منافع ملی ایران است.
بر اساس معاهدات ۱۹۲۱ و ۱۹۴۰ میان ایران و اتحاد جماهیر شوروی، رژیم حقوقی دریای کاسپین بر پایه حقوق مشترک طرفین و اصل توافق و منافع مشترک شکل گرفته بود.
پس از فروپاشی اتحاد جماهیر شوروی، کشورهای تازهاستقلالیافته در «اعلامیه آلماتی» (دسامبر ۱۹۹۱) بر پایبندی به معاهدات شوروی سابق و تضمین اجرای تعهدات بینالمللی ناشی از قراردادها و پیمانهای آن توسط دولتهای جانشین تأکید کردند.
بر همین اساس، هرگونه تغییر اساسی در وضعیت حقوقی این پهنه آبی راهبردی باید با توافق مشترک همه کشورهای ساحلی و با رعایت کامل حقوق ایران انجام شود.
با این حال، کنوانسیون آکتائو امکان انعقاد توافقهای دوجانبه و چندجانبه میان کشورهای ساحلی درباره بخشهایی از بستر و زیربستر دریای کاسپین را پیشبینی کرده است؛ بخشهایی که قبلاً بخشی از پهنه آبی مشترک ایران و اتحاد جماهیر شوروی محسوب میشدند.
این بدعتی خطرناک است که با دور زدن اصل اجماع همه کشورهای ساحلی، عملاً جایگاه تاریخی ایران را تضعیف میکند و نقش کشور را در تعیین سرنوشت دریای کاسپین کاهش میدهد.
از زمان امضای کنوانسیون آکتائو در سال ۲۰۱۸، بارها هشدار دادهام که «پاسداری از منافع ملی از موضع ضعف ممکن نیست». همان زمان نیز تأکید کردم که فرقه تبهکار جمهوری اسلامی، منافع ملت ایران و میهن را قربانی بقای خود میکند و در سیاست خارجی، از موضع ضعف به باجدهیهای پیدرپی تن میدهد.
موضع من درباره روند کنونی همان است. تلاش جمهوری اسلامی برای تصویب این کنوانسیون را اقدامی مغایر با منافع ملی ایران میدانم.
هیچ تصمیمی درباره منابع، مرزها و حقوق ایران در این پهنه آبی، بدون رضایت و مشارکت واقعی ملت ایران، از مشروعیت برخوردار نخواهد بود. حقوق ایران در دریای کاسپین قابل معامله یا چشمپوشی نیست. هرگونه اقدام در جهت تضییع این حقوق، در حافظه تاریخی ملت ایران ثبت و تصمیمگیرندگان در برابر ملت ایران پاسخگو و بازخواست خواهند شد.
پاینده ایران
Senator Lindsey Graham earned the affection of millions of Iranians by standing with them in their fight for freedom.
Today, I will attend his funeral in Washington to bid farewell on behalf of my compatriots.
Read my tribute in the @WashingtonPost:
https://t.co/VERdynceJH
ما نمیگذاریم حقیقت وارونه شود.
این جنگ را جمهوری اسلامی به ایران تحمیل کرده، و مسئولیت آن بر عهده همین رژیم و حامیان آشکار و پنهانش است.
کسانی که سالها در برابر فقر، فساد، تبعیض و ویرانی کشور سکوت کردند یا در آن شریک بودند، امروز نمیتوانند با پناه گرفتن پشت نام «ایران»، کارنامه سیاه خود را سپید کنند.
My fellow Iranians, the great and courageous people of Iran,
Today, as tensions rise and the possibility of escalating military attacks grows, particularly in the south of the country, I wish to speak with you; especially with the noble people of Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, and all those living along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Makran.
The war and crisis our country faces today has one single cause: the Islamic Republic.
But the main war, the Islamic Republic's war against the Iranian people, began forty-seven years ago and has continued to this day.
All of the Iranian people have been wounded by this regime. Let us not allow anyone to say that southern Iran has only now entered the war. Southern Iran entered the war from the very day that Baluch children fell victim to crocodiles seeking water due to a lack of basic infrastructure; from the day that in Sistan and Baluchestan, the land of Rostam and the heart of Iran's mythology, young people were forced into fuel smuggling just to survive; from the day that Hormozgan province and Bandar Abbas, Iran's largest port, were abandoned to poverty and deprivation; from the day that Bushehr, which supplies a large share of the country's gas, and Khuzestan, the heart of Iran's oil industry, were deprived of the wealth they produced.
But a free Iran will be a different Iran.
With the establishment of a national, capable and development-oriented government, Sistan and Baluchestan, drawing on its strategic location, its young workforce, and its access to open waters, can become one of the main engines of the country's growth and prosperity. Chabahar can be the heart of Iran's trade and the gateway connecting the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and global markets, by reviving the very same comprehensive plan that was to be implemented before the catastrophe of 1979.
Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, and the islands of the Persian Gulf can, through the development of trade, tourism, industry, and the attraction of investment, become the wealthiest and most advanced regions of Iran.
My fellow Iranians,
This warmongering regime has built no shelters for the people, nor does it have the capacity to defend the country's skies. Its leaders, hiding underground, are making military use of schools, hospitals, and other civilian centers, and have turned the Iranian people, including conscript soldiers in their garrisons, into human shields.
In the war that the Islamic Republic has imposed on the country, your first and most important duty is to preserve the lives, safety, and wellbeing of yourselves and your families. For you are Iran's most precious asset and the true soldiers of the battle to reclaim the homeland.
In this regard, my communications and media office will be publishing necessary guidance and recommendations to help keep fellow Iranians safe.
Fighting toward and preparing for ultimate victory is a constant duty. In the final battle, the stronger we are and the weaker the Islamic Republic becomes, the faster and less costly our victory will be.
Long live Iran.
I welcome the UK Government’s move to designate the IRGC as a state threat to national security, involved in threats to life and intimidation. This is an important and welcome move by @keir_starmer and reflects the growing threat from the regime in Iran to UK citizens and interests. I hope the UK and other Western governments will go one step further and back the Iranian people’s fight for freedom. There can be no peace as long as this regime survives.
I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, a steadfast friend of the Iranian people and a proud defender of freedom.
At moments when moral clarity was required, Senator Graham stood on the right side. When friends were seldom found, he stood alongside the people of Iran in their struggle against tyranny.
He used his voice to ensure that the voices of those fighting for justice were heard in the halls of power. His support for Iran’s Lion and Sun Revolution earned him the title “Uncle Lindsey” among Iranians. He will be remembered with profound gratitude and deep respect.
We extend our deepest condolences to Senator Graham’s family, loved ones, colleagues, and the people of South Carolina and the United States.
May he rest in peace and may others carry on the fight for freedom.
از درگذشت ناگهانی سناتور لینزی گراهام، دوست ثابتقدم مردم ایران و مدافع سربلند آزادی، بسیار متاثر شدم.
در لحظاتی که به شفافیت و قاطعیت اخلاقی نیاز بود، سناتور گراهام در سمت درست ایستاد. در روزهایی که دوستان و همراهان مردم ایران اندک بودند، او در مبارزه با استبداد، در کنار آنان ایستاد.
او از جایگاه و نفوذ خود بهره گرفت تا صدای مبارزان راه عدالت در مراکز قدرت شنیده شود.
ایرانیان حمایتهای سناتور گراهام را در جریان انقلاب شیروخورشید هرگز فراموش نمیکنند، و یاد او را همواره با سپاس و احترامی عمیق گرامی خواهند داشت.
مراتب تسلیت و همدردی خود را به خانواده، دوستان و همکاران سناتور گراهام، و همچنین به مردم ایالت کارولینای جنوبی و سراسر ایالات متحده آمریکا ابراز میداریم.
روحش در آرامش باد. امید که دیگران راه او را در مبارزه برای آزادی ادامه دهند.
To the foreign representatives in Tehran to mourn Iran’s deceased dictator, Ali Khamenei: Iran is not mourning him.
Iran is mourning more than 40,000 sons and daughters slaughtered on January 8 and 9 by Khamenei, Ghalibaf, and their machinery of repression.
The regime is spending vast amounts of the Iranian people's wealth to stage this propaganda spectacle, yet not a single democratic leader attended.
What you see today is not a nation in grief for its ruler. It is a nation filled with righteous anger, and that anger and heroic bravery will bring down what remains of this criminal regime.
گفتگوی ویژه با شاهزاده رضا پهلوی درباره مسیر آزادی ایران و سرنوشت جمهوری اسلامی
شنبه ششم تیر، ساعت ۲۲ به وقت ایران
پخش همزمان از تلویزیون انقلاب ملی، یوتیوب، شبکه اکس و اینستاگرام دفتر ارتباطات و رسانه شاهزاده رضا پهلوی
As it signs a Memorandum of Understanding for “peace”, the Islamic Republic just executed two more protesters from January 8th and 9th.
This is the consequence of making a deal with this criminal regime. To do a deal with a regime that murdered more than 40,000 protestors in two days in January is morally wrong and strategically misguided.
Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences. The regime’s 47-year war against the Iranian people continues. Just as it has never made peace with its own citizens, it will never truly make peace with the world.
The international community should back the people of Iran’s fight for freedom. Put them center in any negotiations and in their Iran policy. But let me be clear - with or without international support - this regime will fall. The people of Iran will liberate themselves from tyranny.