No to nuclear missiles, yes to ties with Israel, US: Iran’s exiled crown prince lays out vision for the future

The exiled son of Iran’s last Shah, Reza Pahlavi, vows that the country’s nuclear program will be dismantled after the fall of the Islamic Republic, in a statement laying out his vision for the future.

The Iran of today, one identified with “terrorism, extremism and poverty,” will be gone, he writes on social media platform X, and be replaced with “a beautiful, peace-loving, and flourishing Iran.”

He says that once the regime collapses, “Iran’s nuclear military program will end.”

“Support for terrorist groups will cease immediately. A free Iran will work with regional and global partners to confront terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, and extremist Islamism,” he writes, asserting that the country will “act as a friend and stabilizing force in the region.”

It will normalize relations with the Islamic Republic regime’s greatest foes, the United States and Israel, and will “pursue the expansion of the Abraham Accords into the Cyrus accords bringing together a free Iran, Israel, and the Arab world.”

The Cyrus Accords are the exiled crown prince’s proposed peace agreement for Jerusalem and Tehran in a post-regime world.

“A new chapter will begin, grounded in mutual recognition, sovereignty, and national interest,” he writes.

He also lays out his vision for the future of Iran’s domestic affairs, including its economy, energy, and governance, and promises that the country will “adopt and enforce international standards.”

“A free Iran will be a force for peace. for prosperity. And for partnership,” he concludes.

To all of our friends around the world,

Under the yoke of the Islamic Republic, Iran is identified in your minds with terrorism, extremism, and poverty. The real Iran is a different Iran. A beautiful, peace-loving, and flourishing Iran.

It is the Iran that existed before the… pic.twitter.com/IhK6ZRYDY0

— Reza Pahlavi (@PahlaviReza) January 15, 2026