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aaaahhhh he is crying!!

just like the mullahs in Masjed every time you say imam Hossein's name...
If there were real tears and not in front of people and Cameras in the middle of a speech he would have much more respect than he is getting.

Mehryar - az maast ke bar maast

wake up bro,

ok if parliament have the power, then honestly what is a point of having a clown sitting on a throne?

beside its not islam its. and you can separate islam from iranian, ISlam didnt come in iranian politics in 1979, its started with Shaikh safi deen ardabeli and safavi.

PROBLEM IS US, az maast ke bar mast. kuwait is arabic look at them they have kingdom and they are muslim, but look at the family lilving, and how government gives back to ppl, even in UAE,...

Az maast ke bar mast.

No one cares about, refah va asayesh mardom, if mullahs provide that who gives a rat behind about other nosense they do.

Az maast (eveyone on iranian.com) ke bar maast.

Whats wrong with these ppl?

even if he is the freakin emame zaman. Iranian ppl will always remember him as a pahlavi and son of shah. just drop it and hit slim fast. Under his father rulling thousands have been killed and if he ever enters iran he will be assasinated. him in iran probebly would be an excuse for mullash to turn iran into iraq.
onha bad boodan and akhonha bad tar, now why not choose something new. WTF man. enough with shahanshahi shit.
Nothing against him personally but ppl dont want pahlavi

Vote for Koobideh party, when the day comes
Koobideh, the only thing we iranians have in common.

Islam is the problem

Islam is the problem and it will ALWAYS be a barrier to significant positive change and justice in Iranian society. Iran cannot currently function as a western-style Democracy because there will always be a tyranny of Islam imposed by the majority on the minority - people of other faiths, agnostics/athiests and rationalists.

Until people intellectually grow up and put aside their adherence to this medieval mythology, otherwise known as Islam, there will not be any chance of legitimate Democratic reform in Iran.

Iran has always been run by autocrats. I find it curious that people give the Shah equal scorn to the mullahs. This is preposterous. The Shah was brutal in some respects but nowhere near the brutality of IRI. The Shah's time in power must also be contextualized through the prism of the geopolitical landscape of the period - namely the Cold War. It doesn't justify the actions of Savak, but it does contextualize the need of a security apparatus in that period. And to dismiss Shah's contributions to the advancement and modernization of Iran is simply childish and ignorant.

I have no problem with a system of government that is a constitutional parliamentary monarchy that is based on strict secular principles. Where the monarch ensures the separation of church and state and has equal power to the parliament, but can be over-ridden with some sort of parliamentary super majority. In this light, the sovereign can prevent the tyranny of the majority - namely, Islam and the way Islam infringes on personal liberty. And there is a legal check on the Shah's power via the Parliament. This can be written into a new constitution. An independent judiciary would enforce the constitution.

This would be 2nd most desirable form of government for Iran - in my view.

The first, obviously being a pure SECULAR parliamentary democracy, based on European models - with multiple parties participating in proportional representation. But as I've said, I believe the deep infiltration of this brutal religion on Iranian society will always prevent this desired outcome.

Who is this guy?!

I have never been interested in following up his nationalistic aspirations. So seriously does he have a popular base in Iran? Is he a voice for the freedom seekers marching down the streets right now? What is his political curriculum? I know royalists disappointed in him. Anyway, this is a free country and he is filling up air time for news media. He is talking like we all do except that he has the advantage of national media's interest. I agree with those who say, let's ignore him and focus on the common enemy.

Marg bar Shah

we said it 30 years ago, we still say it today.

RP is burning to see how islamic fascists violently put down the uprising, something his dad could not do and was overthrown in a few short months.

and i can't believe you iranians fall for the tears of crocodile. all of you, either stay out of politics, or support the green movement in iran with heart and soul.

Iranian people in Iran decide for Iran not LA people!

In Iran we have a lot of well educated, smart Men and women from true Iranian families(Najeeb-zadegan)that could be the next King of Iran and we do not need to have Reza Pahlavi to represent our land as a Shah. If Iranians want to have monarchy system in Iran they will find the right person themselves.

Dear Disgusted Anonymous

You proved your own point by being the most arrogant and vulgar commentator in this thread.

Thanks for enlightening us ;-)

-YT for NEDA Daughter of IRAN

Not Reza Pahlavie

If Iranian people in Iran decide to have monarchy in Iran they will choose the appropriate Person for their country and I'm sure Reza Pahlavie has no chance to be the Shah of Iran. Iranians are fed up with people from Qajar family and as we know his mother is from Qajars. Let people of Iran decide for their country.

He is hurting the movement[PERIOD]

With all due respect to supporters of monarchy, more I listen to this man talk, more embarrassed I feel as an Iranian.

#1 I do not get the point of his speech if my life depended on it. Is he having a cabinet meeting or something that he keeps TELLING the press what to do and what not to do? Or is it that he is just reciting the old news to the newsmen? Dude this is press club, they know about the news deal and how it is getting out of Iran. Why are you talking about the obvious?

#2 He says[Let me assure you that it[the uprising] will not die, VE will not let it die]. My question is WHO ARE THESE WE that he is referring to? His army of million man supporters? Who are armed and ready to fly to Iran? Perhaps he is talking about USA and Israel?

#3 Why is regurgitating the neoconservatives line[Nuclear Holocaust?]. Does he think he is helping people on the street by FLAMING the WAR PARTY? 

Can someone help me make a sense of this speech? Who are the audience, just the press or people of Iran? and finally what is with the crying sh!t and MY CALENDAR? Who said that old Persian calendar is HIS?

Basically he is kissing the press BUTT and nothing was aimed at people in Iran.

Regards

-YT for NEDA Daughter of IRAN

i give you one, 86% of our

i give you one, 86% of our oil profit given to the british.

You hit the nail right on the head!

Dear Seen-e Sorkh and Disgusted Anonymous,

Thank you for your eloquence in describing the predicament and the dilemma Iran is in today. My colleagues at work have also been asking me the same kinds of questions as to why Iranian people are so difficult to unite? Why haven't Iranians, specially those who have been living in America for the past 30 years, learned the basic rules and principles of democracy? Why haven't they learned that either they have to follow or lead? That, they can't drag on 70 million different directions at the same time! That, they need to converge!

As for the management experience and skills that, Seen-e Sorkh is wondering if the barking Seals in this site can resonate with or understand, I have to say I often wonder myself!? I often wonder if these folks are capable and competent enough to manage and lead their own daily lives let alone that of a group, a community, a city, a state, or a country!? I often wonder if these folks have made any contributions to their surrounding for the betterment of their lives and those around them!? I often wonder if Iranians are capable of generating good and sensible ideas!? I often wonder if Iranians have common sense!?

For the life of me, I don't understand why Reza Pahlavi is trying to save and rescue these miserable backward people from the killers and criminals of the Islamic Republic?

Maybe the late Shahs of Iran should have let Iran to reach the grand status of the countries such as Afghanistan, Albania, and the rest of the model states our pseudo-intellectuals of the past and present have been striving so hard to achieve!?

My conclusion is that these folks deserve the likes of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei! Let the fittest survive!

Unite? haha, he is doing a hell of uniting here on this page.

How is he going to unite Iranians? by crying? Or is he goeing to espeak to us in engelesh with a nice farsi accent?

OH

He has tears too very impresive therefore not an android as initially thought.

AND ONE MORE POINT ...

where was his royal highness so far? curing his hay fever maybe.

vatan

there those who love their vatan truly (like farokhzad)and who talk about it,like pahlavi, and ther are those whom they sell thier sole for money, akhoondva akhondvaladezena.

There is a potential dictator in every on of us

for those who wrote the comment against Prince Reza Pahlavi.
every one of you could be a potential dictator if you had your chance,look at your own father how he treat your mother and yourself,remember when you were in school how your teacher treated the students(specially in small town),remember when you were doing your 2 years compulsory military service how you were treated by your platoon leader and other senior cadets.
remember how you were treated by your boss and immediate supervisor when you started work in Iran.
and remember when you were visiting a doctor for a simple flu how you were treated(like you were not exist in the room)just wrote you a prescription whitout even bother to check you.
and now you can say which one had a potential to be a real dictator if they had their chances.
although the late king may made few mistakes(who didn't) but he was a real patriotic.
in his time at least we had our own personal freedom and with whom we were socializing, that is the least these young demonstrator wants from barbaric IRI which they were beaten and killed.
one of you referred to black friday in 1977(1357),I'll ask you how many black friday are created by khomeini and his thug since 1979.
now if you are a real freedom fighter focus on future and unity and avoid negativity about the past.
VIVA IRAN AND IRANIAN ,Down with IRI and his supporter.

To those who think its cool to be opposition of powerful people

please show me somebody better than him I will take it right away.
If you don't have have any body in your mind please shut up and let me fallow him.
we need leader and there is nobody better than him.

You people can vomit all you

You people can vomit all you want, but this guy is going to be Iran's leader for sure. He's the only person who is able to unite Iranians and guide them to a transition towards democracy.

If you're still wearing your glasses you wore over thirty years ago and mistake him for his father, well that's your problem! The truth is that Prince Reza Pahlavi is a respectable man with not a single political mistake on his record. He has done nothing to harm the Iranian people whatsoever. All he wants is a chance for the Iranian people to have a democratic government with a decent legal system that respects human rights.

So stop being a dogmatic moron and start listening to what the man truly has to say!! With his background and education he could be the best thing that could ever happen to Iran.

He has my absolute and full support!

Aboli

به قول ایرج میرزا:

با این علما هنوز مردم
از رونق ملک نا امـــیــــــدنـــــد!!

FR

A big NO to Pahlavi

This character is the most opportunists of them all.
He is living off loot that his father left for him. Not to mention the fact that Pahlavi regime did in fact kill a lot of young Iranians in the streets of Tehran in cold blood.

Focus on Message! Unite Behind a Common Cause!

I too was disappointed by Reza Pahlavi's heavy accent and less than stellar communication/presentation skills. I expected a shahzadeh to be more articulate, more politically savvy, less emotional on camera. But moving past these trivial impressions and putting aside ALL prejudice, his message was sensible, relevant and heartfelt. He kept repeating that any discussion of his potential leadership role in Iran is irrelevant and premature. He seemed to have the genuine good of the country in mind.

Bottomline, he used the forum to strongly condemn the present Iranian government and promote a democratic and free Iran. Isn't that what we all want? Shouldn't we focus on this common goal and not waste time attacking some one that in all likelihood will never be the leader of the country? By virtue of being the former crown prince of Iran, he has access to a microphone that we don't. If he is using this privilege to assist (in the slightest) the Iranian people remove Ahmadinejad/IRI/Khamenei from power, I say more power to him, even if his last name is Pahlavi.

Boo Hoo Hoo?

I know you'd like to but you can't dude
That's just somethin' that you can't do
Boo hoo hoo poor you

Guys, This dude is going to be Iran's King? I'm gettign the hell out of that county if this cry baby comes to replace yours truely,Monkey man, AN remember AN? "....in UN every one watched me almost half an hour without blinking as I spoke in a halo of light".

Guys, let us make a deal :) see two Khamneis ( Khameni the mollah and Mir hussein who is again from Khamneh of Azerbaijan) are ruining the country. If I were you, I would ask Azerbaijanis to get the hell out of Iran and make their own country. this will b e win win situation. you can get rid of us and we will get our guys from Khamneh out of your country. voila :) siz sagh biz selamet.

Oh what will you do with Halo of Light man. He is persian. Keep him, he is all yours.

Whats with all the baseless

Whats with all the baseless accusations about how much money his dad stole? After 30 years...could some please post some proof?? I would appreciate it very much. On the other hand, it was posted on Payvand News today that the 1 billion UK Pounds of frozen Iranian assets belong to Khamenei's son. Found that interesting...

Velesh kon baba

We have Mousavi.
We have Rafasanjani.
We have Karoobi.
We have Rezaie.

Each one of these people could be our leader. So what that they may already have their hands tainted with Iranian blood, and need to be prosecuted some day for their roles in mass executions of the 80's?

At least they are not Shah's son.

I am disappointed in him! he sounded as he just came to US!

Heavey accent and poor communication skills, and the speech was not any good! What was he trying to achieve? Did US really think that this is 1953?

Average demonstrator is more articulate than he is. Well, he has zero chance. As much as I appreciate his love for the country, the mollahs would chew him alive! He seems to be a nice guy who is in no way ready to run a city, let alone IRAN! he should just enjoy life here under the US protection.

go back to your suburban home

I dont understand who this guy thinks he is given his own family's past. His grandfather started the entire religious vs. non-religious division in Iran by introducing kashf-e-hejab. Most of our real social divisions go back to that incident where Iranian society was forcefully split into two. He should butt out of this one, no one needs him now, the people of Iran are alive and he has noting to do or will have anything to do with it. He just likes the extra media attention that his mirror at home cant give him.

Given that he has been living in the US for the past 30 years, he still cannot speak English fluently, he cant even give a damn speech properly. so pathetic! I guess his mirror at home doesnt do him good.

Mr. Pahlavi, get a life, find a REAL job. You know the kind that matters... Who wants to listen to you? maybe media critics like Darius Kadivar who have no real understanding of Iranian society, never seen both sides, they cant respond properly to any real arguments except for posting youtube links in response and making stupid jokes. Maybe you guys should hang out more often.

Your speech is only for you, so next time just make your speech to the big expensive mirror (which belongs to the Iranian people) that you have installed in your suburban McMansion and go eat a Big Mac while you are at it.

Focus on Common enemy

He has done his part .........what have you done ??

Instead of attacking each other focus on the common enemy the Islamic Republic. Just grow up.

The irony of it all

Maybe the irony of the situation is bothering him, how a ruthless dictator kills and tortures opponents. Depends on his goons to terrorize the populace. The irony might have made him to miss his daddy. He should take some Prozac if he is too homesick.

Def of Realpolitik!

Dear Mr. Jahanshah Javid,

The comments your patrons have been making are purely of character assassination and false statements. For example, Anonymous77 (apparently, a political science Prof. at Harvard!?) just made a comment to the effect that Mr. Pahlavi should have looked up the meaning of the word Realpolitik in a political science dictionary. Apparently he/she disapproves of the context!?

Well, I just did search the Wiki (see below) and it is perfectly fine and in line with the context of the discussions Reza Pahlavi makes in the video clip!?

"...Realpolitik (German: real “realistic”, “practical” or “actual”; and Politik “politics”) refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on practical considerations, rather than ideological notions. The term realpolitik is often used pejoratively to imply politics that are coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian. Realpolitik is a theory of politics that focuses on considerations of power, not ideals, morals, or principles...."

Dear Jahanshah, please, If I can make a suggestion that you require to see the school transcript of your contributors prior to submission and to acquire a device to detect nonsense in the content of the posts prior to posting. This would really enhance the quality and substance of discussions around here!

Also, maybe your patrons can enroll in the pre-Algebra courses in their local high school or community college. Apparently these folks have a hard time counting!?

Much Obliged Sir!

PS - In my line of work, we call those devices, Bullshitometer!

Answer to my American co-worker

Several days ago, my American co-worker who has been following Iran election news told me, "if the majority of the people are against your goverment, why don't you people band together and overthrow it?"

I tried to explain that this regime is brutal. He replied, "Other regimes had been brutal too, perhaps some of them even more than the Iranian government, and still people managed to either overthrow them or completely change them."

I told him, but Iranians are divided and have many different views. He answered, "I don't understand. People in all countries are divided. When there is a common enemy, they put their differences aside and look at their common goals. It is simply impossible for a divided people not to have any common grounds when they are facing something like the Iranian goverment."

I tried to explain to him that most of us suffer from a poltical disability, a form of psychological complex related to politics. That this diverts us away from the more important things and instead focus us on indulging ourselves with releiving our anger and hatred toward this group or another. But he couldn't understand this part, no matter how I tried to explain or how many examples I gave.

Today, I showed him this blog and a few other similiar blogs in this site. I asked him to read as many comments as he can. He began reading them with interest. Half way through, he was shaking his head in disbelief.

He asked me, "Who are these people leaving these comments?"

I told him, ordinary Iranian citizens.

He looked at me dumbfounded and paused for a few moments. He then said, "This is so disappointing, why are they doing this?"

I didn't have any answers. But he now understands what I was trying to tell him.

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Shame on you people. Shame on your selfishness. Shame on your self-indulgence. Shame on your arrogance. You are all petty and pitiful Iranians who are big in opinions and ede'aa, but little in content or orzeh.

While our fellow Iranians literally risked their lives for freedom, and some of them even died, some of you selfish and arrogant fools, instead of focusing on the future, are bickering about 50 years ago, a time that is as dead as it can be, or about other similar worthless things.

Shame on you. Look at the mirror and learn why Iran is the country that it is. While you continue with your in-fights, you real common enemy is regrouping to oppress your people for at least another 20 years of your lives, as it had done before.

But you don't learn. You have not changed. All of you still have a hezbollahi side in you despite having 30 years to change, and you demonstrate it to one another with no shame.

I wish it wasn't so. Go cure your desease. It is the first step.

Poor Iran. Now I am beginning to feel Amir Kabir's pain when he wept for Iran's fate.