‘Seize and hold the cities’: 5 takeaways from Reza Pahlavi’s declaration amid Iran protests

Pahlavi does not present himself merely as a supporter of the street movement. He explicitly says that the scale of the demonstrations has given him the authority to act. “With the legitimacy and acceptance I have received from you,” he says, “I declare another phase of the national uprising to overthrow the Islamic Republic and reclaim our beloved Iran.”