Reza Pahlavi

Iran's opposition has remained fragmented among rival groups and ideological factions for decades, across repeated outbreaks of nationwide protests.

Separately, several Iranian Kurdish opposition parties issued a joint statement urging a general strike also on Thursday to support the protests.

The people of Iran are no longer whispering the name Pahlavi. They are shouting it.

Veksler said Pahlavi’s presence “creates hope that there will be regime change. … Wouldn’t it be something of a relief, not just for us, but for the Iranian people?”

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said regime change will be driven by Iranians themselves, rejecting foreign military intervention and predicting closer ties with Israel after the Islamic Republic’s

The universities, historically the bastions of anti-monarchist Marxism, are now echoing with chants of “Down with the three corrupts! Mullah, leftist, Mujahid.”

Iranian media reported the arrest of an alleged Mossad affiliate amid expanding protests, internet disruptions, campus raids, and growing chants against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

As the death toll rises, with more than 30 dead already, one brave protester says, “We have taken our lives in our hands as our weapon.”

At least 15 protesters and one security force member have been killed in seven days of nationwide protests in Iran, according to HRANA, though the true toll is hard to verify.

Iran’s protests have spread nationwide, uniting workers, merchants, and students in a direct challenge to clerical rule.