Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls Strikes Humanitarian Intervention, Urges Iranians to Rise

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last Shah, issued a video message calling the US-Israeli strikes a humanitarian intervention and urging Iranians to prepare to take to the streets. He declared the Islamic Republic has reached its end and is collapsing, and that any attempt to name a Khamenei successor is doomed to fail. He is positioning himself as a potential post-Islamic Republic transitional leader.