Renewed US ties, global energy ambitions: Reza Pahlavi’s roadmap for ‘free Iran’
The exiled prince said that after the fall of the current Islamic regime, Iran will focus on security and foreign policy and will change its approach toward its neighbors and the world.
New Delhi: Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi laid out a vision for "free Iran" saying that the country will work with global partners to confront terrorism and other security threats and also normalise and restore its relations with the US.
In a lengthy post on X, Pahlavi, who has been supporting the nationwide protests against the cleric regime of Iran said that the country is identified with terrorism and extremism, and poverty across the globe but the new Iran will be a force for "peace, prosperity and partnership".
"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 Islamic Republic, and it is the Iran that will rise again from its ashes the day the Islamic Republic falls," he wrote on X.
Support for terrorist groups will cease
The exiled prince said that after the fall of the current Islamic regime, Iran will focus on security and foreign policy and will change its approach toward its neighbors and the world.
"In security and foreign policy, 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 said.
Relations with US will be normalised
He further underscored that Iran will act as a friend and a stabilising force in the region and it will be a responsible partner in global security. Pahlavi also said Iran will strengthen its ties with the US. Pahlavi has repeatedly sought US President Donald Trump's intervention amid a deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters.
"In diplomacy, relations with the United States will be normalised and our friendship with America and her people will be restored. The State of Israel will be recognized immediately. We will pursue the expansion of the Abraham Accords into the Cyrus accords bringing together a free Iran, Israel, and the Arab world," he said.
Reliable energy supplier
He went on to say that a free Iran will become a reliable energy supplier to the free world, owing to its largest oil and gas reserves in the world. "Policy-making will be transparent. Iran’s actions will be responsible. Prices will be predictable," he added.
Pahlavi also said that Iran will adopt and enforce international standards with respect to transparency and governance and action would be taken against money laundering and organised corruption.
Will open economy to trade, investment
He further said that a democratic Iran will open its economy to trade, investment, and innovation and will also seek to invest in the world. "In the economy, Iran is one of the world’s last great untapped markets. Our population is educated, modern, with a diaspora that connects it to the four corners of the world. Opportunity will replace isolation," the exiled prince added.
He said that the fall of the Islamic Republic and the establishment of a "secular and democratic" government in Iran will help benefit the region and the world.