"Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's former shah, has called on the west to help unseat Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. Speaking on Friday at a news conference in Washington, Pahlavi said: The Iranian people are taking decisive action on the ground. It is now time for the international community to join them fully. With the protests in Iran appearing to slow down, Donald Trump seems to have temporarily pulled back from threats to strike the country."
"In recent days, he had repeatedly spoken about how the US was locked and loaded if Iran started to shoot at the protesters. Estimates of the number of people killed during the unrest vary from less than 2,000 to more than 12,000. However, earlier this week, the US president said he had been told on good authority the killing in Iran is stopping it's stopped, adding that there's no plans for executions."
"Like many Iranians living abroad, Roya had been desperately waiting for days to hear from her family. Their usual communication via Telegram and WhatsApp was not working after the internet blackout. People had sent messages to family and friends but heard nothing back we are a nation waiting for the double tick, she says, referring to the message delivery confirmation on WhatsApp. It was exhausting not knowing if they were OK."
Reza Pahlavi called on Western governments to support efforts to unseat Ali Khamenei and urged international backing for actions by protesters on the ground. Protests have faced a violent crackdown and an internet blackout that hindered communication between diaspora families and relatives inside Iran. Casualty estimates during the unrest vary widely, from under 2,000 to over 12,000, while US officials signaled that killings were stopping and denied plans for executions. US threats of force appeared to ease, and Iranians abroad expressed mixed views about foreign intervention and the timeline for change.
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