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Saturday, February 28, 2026
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Son of Iran’s last shah: After Khamenei’s death, Islamic Republic to soon be ‘consigned to the dustbin of history’
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Iran's former crown prince and now key opposition figure Reza Pahlavi attends a discussion during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 13, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. (Alexandra BEIER / AFP)
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Iranian Shah who was ousted in 1979, celebrates the apparent death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes, predicts that the Islamic Republic will “very soon be consigned to the dustbin of history,” and adds that any attempt to tap a successor “is doomed to fail from the outset.”
My fellow compatriots,
Ali Khamenei, the bloodthirsty despot of our time, the murderer of tens of thousands of Iran’s bravest sons and daughters, has been erased from the face of history. With his death, the Islamic Republic has in effect reached its end and will very soon be… https://t.co/pm3ZXY9IYZ
— Reza Pahlavi (@PahlaviReza) February 28, 2026
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