Pahlavi office revives strike appeal as Tehran shopkeepers protest

Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi’s press office revived a year-old message calling for strikes as Tehran shopkeepers protested amid a sharp fall in the rial.

In the message dated December 30, 2024, Pahlavi had called on Iranians to support one another beyond sectoral demands, saying on X: “Strikes and civil disobedience, alongside street protests, are an effective way to bring this regime to its knees… It is through solidarity and unity among all segments of the Iranian people that the greater goal of freedom and the salvation of Iran can be achieved.”