{"id":344204,"date":"2026-04-10T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=344204"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:59:29","slug":"reza-pahlavi-foreign-pawn-regimes-useful-tool-exposed-by-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/fake-opposition\/reza-pahlavi-foreign-pawn-regimes-useful-tool-exposed-by-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Reza Pahlavi: Foreign Pawn, Regime\u2019s Useful Tool Exposed by Iran War\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missile strikes hit residential areas of Sanandaj, western Iran, with multiple explosions reported across the city\u2014 March 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the temporary ceasefire between the clerical dictatorship in Iran, the United States, and Israel was announced in April 2026, the reaction inside Iran was immediate\u2014but not in the way some voices abroad had\u00a0anticipated. After weeks of bombardment, fear, and isolation under one of the longest internet blackouts in the country\u2019s history, millions of Iranians were not waiting for foreign escalation; they were struggling to endure the compounded weight of war and repression.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It took Reza Pahlavi 13 hours to respond\u2014and even then, his remarks were revealing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When he finally published a video on social media on April 8,\u00a0<\/span>his message exposed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0a profound\u00a0disconnect. He claimed that the pause in airstrikes had left \u201cmany\u201d\u00a0disappointed\u2014implying\u00a0that the people of Iran were somehow disheartened by the\u00a0halt\u00a0of bombardment that had already cost lives and devastated infrastructure. He then added, with characteristic cynicism, that he had \u201calways said the Islamic Republic would not collapse through airstrikes alone.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This sequence was not merely a miscalculation in\u00a0tone. It exposed a deeper political contradiction: a figure who had framed external bombardment as a rescue mission, and\u00a0saw\u00a0foreign intervention as the pathway to power, now revealing his own strategic collapse as those expectations\u00a0failed to\u00a0materialize.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a> News: State-Run Newspaper Says Reza Pahlavi and Monarchists Have Served Clerical Regimehttps:\/\/t.co\/iey2VpMKXU<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n