Inaction against Tehran encourages bullies: Iran’s crown prince

Supporters of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi were looking on Saturday to world leaders gathered in Munich, Germany, to ratchet up pressure for change on the Iranian Government. Pahlavi called for demonstrations in Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto on what he described as a “global day of action,” urging supporters to take to the streets to push for “urgent, practical steps in support of the Iranian people.” Iranian leaders are already under intense scrutiny, facing renewed threats of US military action from Donald Trump. He  wants Iran to further scale back its nuclear program.

He suggested Friday that regime change in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen.” Iran was also the focus of protests in Munich on Friday, the opening day of an annual security conference in the city gathering European leaders and global security figures. Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People’s Mujahedin Organisation of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, demonstrated against Iran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests last month. Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah who abandoned his throne and fled the country in 1979, has been in exile for nearly 50 years but is trying to position himself as a player in Iran’s future.