Exiled Prince Implores Trump to Bomb Iran, 'Trusts' Man Who Bombs Others
Axios highlights former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi's appeal to Donald Trump to bomb Iran, targeting 'command-and-control' sites for the Revolutionary Guards. Pahlavi, who hasn't lived in Iran since 1979, presents himself as the 'transitional' leader, claiming Iranian protesters are 'trusting' an American president notorious for drone strikes and regime change aspirations. He even insists Trump is
'a man of his word'—a bold assertion given the Trump administration's track record of intervention, or rather, the lack thereof when it specifically benefits the Iranian people. This narrative skips over decades of U.S. interventionism that created the very instability Pahlavi now seeks to exploit. One might recall the 1953 CIA-led coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister
Mohammad Mosaddegh, reinstalling Pahlavi's father, the Shah, and paving the way for the 1979 revolution. To then present the current Pahlavi as a legitimate voice of the Iranian people, rather than a figurehead for Western interests, requires a selective memory the mainstream media conveniently adopts. The echoes of Libya, Iraq, and Syria, where 'humanitarian intervention' led to chaos and
enhanced terror, are entirely absent from the conversation. Perhaps Trump's 'delay' is less about Israelis having 'doubts' and more about the U.S. public's dwindling appetite for another Middle Eastern quagmire engineered by exiles and warmongers.