"Ongoing tensions in Iran featured prominently at this year's Munich Security Conference (MSC), coming after the Islamist regime's deadly crackdown on protesters, and with US President Donald Trump continuing to put pressure on Tehran to end its nuclear program. As Iran's hardline Islamist rulers hang on to power after the largest anti-regime protests in decades, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Iranian king and a political activist-in-exile, was active at the conference, pleading his case for regime change in Iran."
"At a panel about Iran's future on Friday, as well as at a press conference on Saturday, Pahlavi called out the Iranian regime's suppression of human rights, especially the brutal crackdown on citizens during the anti-regime protests in January, which rights groups say killed thousands of people. Pahlavi, who many Iranians think can unite the nation against 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's Shiite government, even presented a roadmap at the MSC for Iran's political future and a "transitional government.""
Ongoing tensions in Iran appeared at the Munich Security Conference amid an Islamist regime crackdown and US pressure to end Iran's nuclear program. Hardline rulers remain in power after mass anti-regime protests; Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Iranian king and activist-in-exile, called for regime change and proposed a roadmap. Rights groups say a brutal January crackdown killed thousands; human rights suppression was stressed, and about 250,000 people demonstrated in Munich supporting a Pahlavi-led opposition. Pahlavi said he has not returned since 1979 but is ready to lead a secular democratic transition; any transitional government would require the Islamic republic's collapse.
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