Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has warned the Iranian Islamic regime that President Donald Trump and the world are “closely watching” as events unfold in Iran, with the implied threat that if there are too many deaths of protesters, Trump could intervene. Senator Lindsey Graham says that in such a case, Trump will definitely “kill Khamenei.” Reza Pahlavi has said that any attempt by the regime to cut off internet access — it has already been done in some places — will only cause more protesters to turn out on the streets. And on January 7, Reza Pahlavi again called on Iranians to come out in “coordinated protests across the country.”
More on the latest developments in Iran can be found here: “Internet, phone services shut down across Iran as protesters attack state broadcaster offices,” by Alex Winston, James Genn, and Goldie Katz, Jerusalem Post, January 8, 2026:
Tehran and several other parts of Iran experienced a digital blackout on Thursday as internet connectivity dropped across multiple service providers, internet monitoring group NetBlocks said, during nationwide protests against economic hardships.
The Associated Press reported that attempts to call Iranian landlines and mobile phones from Dubai failed to connect, indicating that the regime may have suspended telephone service as well.
Footage seen by The Jerusalem Post and verified by BBC’s Farsi channel appears to show that protesters set fire to an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) office in Isfahan during the protests….
Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi thanked Trump, who he called “the leader of the free world,” for “reiterating his promise to hold the regime to account.”
“It is time for others, including European leaders, to follow his lead, break their silence, and act more decisively in support of the people of Iran,” Pahlavi affirmed.
“I call on them to use all technical, financial, and diplomatic resources available to restore communication to the Iranian people so that their voice and their will can be heard and seen. Do not let the voices of my courageous compatriots be silenced,” referring to the nationwide suppression of internet access by the regime in an attempt to clamp down on protest activity and the spreading of anti-government footage.
Pahlavi’s praise for Trump was referring to a statement made earlier on Thursday, issuing a warning to the Islamic regime. In this statement, Pahlavi warned the regime that “the world and Trump are closely watching you.”
“Suppression of the people will not go unanswered,” Pahlavi added….
In Iran, a day after Reza Pahlavi’s call, protesters appear to have responded as he wished, by gathering in “large, disciplined numbers” rather than, as in the first few days, simply showing up in disorganized groups to yell slogans whose sounds sometimes cancel one another out. The regime has started to cut internet service, as it has routinely done during past nationwide protests, but Elon Musk has made Starlink available to Iranians, which is one way to get around those reductions in service.
In a few days, we will know if that “coordination” among protesters that Pahlavi called for did in fact continue after January 7, and whether the regime has been sufficiently scared by Trump’s promised response to “kill Khamenei” if there are too many deaths of protesters, to have stopped using live fire. It has already shown a certain reluctance to do so; only 36 protesters have been reported killed after eight days of nationwide unrest. Compare that figure to the 551 people killed during the Mahsa Amini protests. Should the regime use the heavy-handed repression that worked in 2009, 2020, and 2020 to crush its opponents on the streets, or should it take a softer approach, to avoid triggering an American response that could bring down the regime? Right now it appears that the threatened theocrats in Tehran do not know where to put their feet and hands.
Wellington says
I surely hope the nightmare of a a regime which has plagued Iran since that old malicious bastard, Ayatollah Khomeini, came back to it in 1979 to install a repressive theocratic Hellhole (and thanks, Jimmy Carter, for nothing for doing your bit to ensure this evil prevailing) is in its last days. If not now, then when?
Should this “effort” fail to eliminate yet another horrible Islamic regime (N.B., Islam, all of it, is incapable of ever installing a polity which is wedded to liberty, equality under the law and a live and let live approach to life), then matters do look bleak. Now or never. Go for it, Iranians, and hopefully the vast majority of you will not overlook the role of Islam in why you are in the shithole you have been in for going on half a century.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Couple of things happening over the last 24 hours
⮞ According to both Tousi TV and Atheist Republic, the IRGC is losing control of most cities, including Tehran. They’ve not managed to regain control of the situation despite shutting down the internet
⮞ This may seem insignificant, but on X, when it comes to flag emojis, Iran’s flag emoji 🇮🇷 has been changed from the flag of the islamic republic to the Pahlavi flag that includes 🦁☀️. This is similar to Syria, where the red/white/black flag of Ba’athist Syria was replaced by the original green/white/black original flag of Syria 🇸🇾
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601099277
Hopefully, things become clearer over the weekend
gravenimage says
Amid Internet Cuts, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls for Coordinated Protests
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I hope so. He would be a *vast* improvement.
Billy says
Islam is inherently totalitarian, discriminatory, violent, and terroristic against Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Similarly, its Muslims rulers govern with an iron fist to succeed and survive Islam’s political environment.
Islam, Allah’s genocidal ideology and Terrorist-Criminal-Gang Enterprise, in Qur’an 8:39 commands Muslims to fight Non-Muslims until Non-Muslims surrender to Muslim rule and become Muslims when Allah says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” Demonic Allah in Qur’an 5:51 says, “O you who have believed[Muslims], DO NOT TAKE the Jews and the Nasara(Christians) as friends. They are friends to one another. And whoever among you takes them as friends, so surely he is of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.” Islam and its Muslims, enemies of Non-Muslims, are a Muslim Terrorist Organization(MTO).
Allah commands Muslims to conquer and subjugate every territory for Islam using every tool available with their MONEY and with their LIVES wielding the power of the Government or the State. Hence, Islam and Muslim actions should be legally challenged with a multi-faceted force of Western Laws like Muslims wield against Westerners via Governments, Tax Exempt Organizations, the Media and Hollywood, Foreign Funding, etc. because Islam violates and is incompatible with Western Laws(Qur’an 8:60; 9:5,29, 111; 47:4; 49:15; 65:4 etc.).
Allah describes Muslim women in Jenna, Allah’s Paradise, as whores of Allah in Qur’an 56:37. Also, Allah stirs hatred against Christians until the resurrection day when Qur’an 5:14 instructs, “And some of those who say, ‘Surely we are Nasara (Christians),’ we took their covenant. So they have forgotten a part of what they were reminded of, so we have stirred up ENMITY and HATRED among them until the resurrection day. And Allah will inform them of what they were doing.” See also Qur’an 60:4; 8:55.
Islam must be banned as illegal, and we have the legal right to defend ourselves from Muslim violence. Allah in Qur’an 9:29 commands, “Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid, nor believe in the religion of the truth among those who have given the book until they pay the jizyah out of hand and they are subdued.”
Muslims are supremacist terrorists for Allah with their MONEY and with their LIVES while undermining a society from within using the man-made book of lies and deceit, the Qur’an. Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed jihad with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” Allah in Qur’an 4:101 says, “…Surely the infidels(Non-Muslims) were your clear enemies.”
MUSLIM BELIEVERS are a greater TERROR than Allah. Allah in Qur’an 59:13 says, “You[Muslims] are a greater terror in their chests than Allah. This is because they[Jews & Christians] are people who do not understand.” As a result, Non-Muslims are marked for death by Islam and its Muslims.