Addressing journalists before he was attacked, Pahlavi said\u00a0\u201cThe whole narrative of ceasefire and negotiation is still based on thinking that \u2026 you\u2019re going to deal with people who all of a sudden have become pragmatists.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see that happening,\u201d said Pahlavi. \u201cI\u2019m not saying that diplomacy should not be given a chance, but I think diplomacy has been given enough chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reza Pahlavi wurde vor der Bundespressekonferenz soeben von einem Aktivisten mit Farbe attackiert pic.twitter.com\/m9eWmmEqgb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tilo Jung (@TiloJung) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Iran\u2019s new leaders after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed at the start of the war were \u201cdifference faces of the same machine\u201d that has \u00a0\u201cslaughtered innocent citizens by the thousands\u201d and threatens Europe with long-range missiles, said Pahlavi.\n<\/p>\n \u201cNo deal will solve this. No negotiations will solve this. It is in their DNA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Pahlavi also called on European governments that have stayed out of the war to \u201cstop appeasing the regime,\u201d and take steps from expelling Iranian ambassadors to helping Iranian citizens access the blockaded internet.<\/p>\n \u201cWill the free world do something, or watch the slaughter in silence?\u201d Pahlavi said.<\/p>\n European countries, including Germany, have ruled out joining the war, and have also been cautious about appearing to endorse Pahlavi because it remains unclear what support he enjoys in Iran.<\/p>\n According to a Berlin spokesman, the German government was not due to meet Pahlavi, who was visiting Germany after stops in Sweden in Italy. However, several German lawmakers were to hold talks with Pahlavi.<\/p>\n \t In his comments Thursday, Pahlavi said it was a shame that Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s government had not offered a meeting during his visit to Germany.<\/p>\n \u201cExercise your prerogative. As democracies, you\u2019re entitled to talk to whoever you want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cInside Iran, tens of millions of Iranians chanted my name, and they still do,\u201d Pahlavi claimed at the press conference, adding that \u201ctoday\u2019s Gen Z in Iran are my biggest supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking ahead, he voiced hopes for a popular uprising, saying that \u201cthe strategy is ultimately for people to be able to reclaim the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n \t Pahlavi has not returned to Iran since his father Mohammad Reza was toppled in the 1979 revolution that ushered in the Islamic Republic, but has repeatedly said he was\u00a0ready to lead a transition if the Islamic Republic fell in the war with Israel and the US.<\/p>\n While it\u2019s unclear how much support he enjoys inside Iran, he has commanded large audiences in Iran\u2019s diaspora, and enjoyed some shows of support among Iranian anti-regime protesters who were brutally suppressed in January.<\/p>\n But he represents just one of several Iranian diaspora groups, who are often bitterly at loggerheads, and has failed to win recognition from US President Donald Trump, who has never officially met with Pahlavi and repeatedly expressed skepticism over his ability to lead Iran.<\/p>\n Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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