Son of Iran's last shah urges people to 'shout' down governmentWASHINGTON, United States, March 1, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The exiled son of Iran's last shah urged Iranians Sunday to stage nightly street protests to help overthrow the government as the United States and Israel maintained massive air strikes on the country's military and leadership. US-based Reza Pahlavi said the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war Saturday means the current regime is now "drawing its final breaths." Pahlavi urged the "remaining officials of this republic of terror" to hand over power without bloodshed. "Force the world to hear the Iranian people's support for this humanitarian intervention and our demand for the complete fall of the regime," Pahlavi wrote. The war quickly decapitated Iran's theocratic government by killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior leaders.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 01, 2026 19:07 UTC