Crown prince urges the world to stand with the people of Iran as 250,000 rally in Munich

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By STANISLAV HODINA
Updated 3:25 AM CST, February 15, 2026
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MUNICH (AP) — About 250,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran.

Banging drums and chanting for regime change, the giant and boisterous rally in Munich was part of what Pahlavi described as a “global day of action” to support Iranians in the wake of deadly nationwide protests. He also called for demonstrations in Los Angeles and Toronto. Police said in a post on X that the number of protesters reached some 250,000, more than the organizers had expected.

“Change, change, regime change” the huge crowd chanted, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems. Iran used that flag before its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Pahlavi dynasty.

At a news conference, Pahlavi warned of more deaths in Iran if “democracies stand by and watch” following Iran’s deadly crackdown on protesters last month.



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[lonely bird]

1. No love for the theocrats in Iran

The sooner they are gone, the better.

That being said, fuck Pahlavi unless he favors democracy in Iran and not restoring his family to power.

[Bengus81]

4. Yeah....What does he want to do, rule Iran like his brutal,dictator murdering father did?

[UpInArms]

2. I remember when 11 million people were in the streets protesting

against the upcoming Iraq invasion by GWB …

We were called a fringe focus group

[riversedge]

3. ...The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says at least 7,005 people were killed in last month's protests,

.............The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says at least 7,005 people were killed in last month’s protests, including 214 government forces. It has been accurate in counting deaths during previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists inside Iran to verify deaths.

Iran’s government offered its only death toll on Jan. 21, saying 3,117 people were killed. Iran’s theocracy in the past has undercounted or not reported fatalities from past unrest.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. For BP!

By SAVAK.

[FakeNoose]

6. Has Iran or Persia ever had a democracy? Not that I know of ...

... and certainly not under the former rule of the Pahlavi monarchy.

I don't dispute the sincerity of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi in the efforts to topple the current regime. However I do question his intention to replace it with some form of "democracy." The long-suffering people of Iran need to be wary.