
“The Regime is Collapsing”: Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi Says Iran’s Liberation is Near—No U.S. Military Needed
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Tehran , Iran, as massive protests sweep across Iran in the opening days of January 2026, the world is watching to see if the 47-year-old theocracy is finally reaching its breaking point. In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi declared that the stars are finally aligned for a historic regime change—one he believes will happen without a single U.S. soldier setting foot on Iranian soil.
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