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Meet Reza Pahlavi, exiled Crown Prince behind anti-Khamenei protests in Iran, wants Trump's support for...

Unrest intensified in Iran after a call for mass demonstrations by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Demonstrators set fires in the streets of Tehran, and large crowds protested in cities including Borujerd, Arsanjan, and Gilan-e Gharb. Witnesses said residents poured into the streets and shouted slogans from their homes, signalling a new phase of mobilisation nationwide, Al Jazeera reported. Pahlavi has emerged as a crucial figure in nationwide Iranian protests triggered by an economic collapse in late 2025. The protest gained momentum after Pahlavi's appeal to citizens. His father, Iran's last shah, fled the country shortly before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.