{"id":222879,"date":"2026-03-27T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222879\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:57:17","slug":"pro-iranian-war-rally-planned-for-outside-cpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222879\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Iranian war rally planned for outside CPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0907 Gaylord 05.jpg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"The Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine is one of the commercial property owners able to slash Tarrant County property taxes. \" alt=\"The Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine is one of the commercial property owners able to slash Tarrant County property taxes. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine is one of the commercial property owners able to slash Tarrant County property taxes. <\/p>\n<p>                Yffy Yossifor<\/p>\n<p>            yyossifor@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>A rally protesting Iran\u2019s current leadership is planned for Thursday, March 26 outside the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators will be at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center entrance all day and plan to form a human chain from 5 to 7 p.m., according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=888336974207961&amp;set=a.111953325179667\">flyer distributed by IranzVoiceDFW<\/a>. At 9:20 a.m. Thursday, no protestors were present at the entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The rally is in support of the former crown prince of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpac.org\/post\/reza-pahlavi-to-join-cpac-usa-2026\">who is set to speak<\/a> at the conference. A CPAC spokesperson said the conference is not affiliated with the demonstration, though CPAC\u2019s website states the conference proudly backs Pahlavi.<\/p>\n<p>Pahlavi is the son of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was dethroned in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. As a result of the revolution, the Iranian monarchy was abolished and replaced with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which President Donald Trump is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/article315103717.html#storylink=cpy\">aiming to oust<\/a> with the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published March 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/301084309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RACHEL_ROYSTER.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Rachel Royster\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/301084309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Royster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Rachel Royster is a news and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, specifically focused on Tarrant County. She joined the newsroom after interning at the Austin American-Statesman, the Waco Tribune-Herald and Capital Community News in DC. A Houston native and Baylor grad, Rachel enjoys traveling, reading and being outside. She welcomes any and all news tips to her email.\n            <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/247373034\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774605437_223_image000000 2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Eleanor Dearman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/247373034\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eleanor Dearman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She\u2019s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/star-telegram.com\/subscribe\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine is one of the commercial property owners able to slash Tarrant County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[86721,102,116,118,117,1352,31231,1750,9193,27412],"class_list":["post-222879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-cpac","tag-dallas","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-grapevine","tag-iran","tag-protest","tag-rally","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}