Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi weighed in Friday on the latest developments between Washington and Tehran, as the two nations prepare to resume discussions over a potential nuclear agreement.
Diplomats from both countries are set to meet this weekend in Rome to explore the possibility of reviving the deal.
“These nuclear talks will not bring peace to the Middle East,” Pahlavi said in a statement. “This regime does not negotiate in good faith. It uses diplomacy as a tactic — to buy time, ease pressure, and tighten its grip on power.”
Pahlavi argued that the negotiations, even if pursued with the best of intentions, would end up empowering a collapsing regime. “However well intentioned, these nuclear talks will throw a lifeline to a crumbling dictatorship and prolong its export of terror and chaos. The Islamic Republic is at its weakest point in 46 years. Its leadership is fractured. Its economy is in free fall. Its people are rising. In just the past few weeks, protests have erupted again across the country. Change is already happening. This is not the time to rescue a dying regime.”
He concluded his remarks with a call to Western powers to reject the current rulers in Iran and instead back the Iranian people. “I urge the United States and its allies in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy to stand with the people of Iran. Make a deal with the people of Iran, not a deal with the extremists in Tehran.”
{Matzav.com}