Son Of Iran’s Former Shah Supports Anti-Hijab Protest, says it a “Revolution by Women”

Washington: The son of the late shah hailed Iran’s mass protests as a milestone revolution by women and encouraged the world to add to the pressure on the administrative leadership.

Reza Pahlavi, whose father was overturned in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, called for more noteworthy groundwork for a future Iranian framework that is secular and democratic.

“It is truly in modern times, in my opinion, the first revolution for the women, by the women — with the support of the Iranian men, sons, brothers, and fathers,” told Pahlavi, who lives in Washington. “It has come to the point, as the Spaniards would say, basta — we’ve had enough,” he added.

Demonstrations have amassed significant major cities, with dozens killed, since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died on September 16 in the custody of Iran’s famous morality police, purportedly for breaking the strict requirements that women wear headscarves in public.

While additionally condemning the victimization of minorities and the LGBTQ people group, Pahlavi said, “The symbolism of today’s repression is represented by women.”
“I think most Iranian women when they look at the freedoms that women in the free world experience and exercise, are asking for the very same rights for themselves,” he said.

His grandfather, Reza Shah, banned all Islamic veils in 1936 as a feature of a Westernization drive enlivened by neighboring Turkey.

The last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, let the cover be a decision – – which ended when the Islamic republic forced requirements for women’s humility openly. Pahlavi said that Iranian society has progressed significantly from the times of male chauvinism and that women’s choices ought to be regarded.

“Women may decide to wear or not wear the veil. But it ought to be a choice, a free choice, not imposed for ideological or religious reasons,” he said. Pahlavi, while appreciating regard in a large part of the exile community, says he isn’t trying to reestablish the monarchy, an idea that has limited support inside Iran.

Working with the abroad opposition, Pahlavi favors a constituent assembly that would compose another constitution. “There’s no way you can have a truly democratic order without a clear definition and separation of church from state,” Pahlavi said.

The Islamic republic has endured over forty years regardless of dispute and antipathy from the West, especially the US. In any case, Pahlavi demanded that the system could end at any time and that the world should have been prepared.

“We need to consider the high possibility that this regime will not exist for long,” he said.

“I’ve been saying for some time — it could happen in a few weeks or a few months, and we need to think of the alternative.”

Pahlavi expressed that there should be a controlled collapse with a smooth, peaceful transition. He praised much of the strong international remarks on the protests, including from Germany and Canada. Be that as it may, he called for more action including the removal of representatives and freezing of assets.

“It’s important for more than just giving moral support. These are the kinds of measures that are impactful,” he said.

He renewed his call for a strike fund to remunerate workers, hoping that the nationwide demonstrations could transform into a general strike. Pahlavi, while supporting diplomacy, voiced misgivings over a likely return by the US to the 2015 nuclear deal under which Iran would again be permitted to sell oil straightforwardly to worldwide business sectors.

Western powers frequently believe they can make a motivation for the system to change its way of behaving, so we can drag them back to be good boys and behave,” Pahlavi said.

In any case, the Islamic republic, he said, is established in trading a philosophy. “With this system, you can’t have a coexistence.”