Exiled prince says he is in direct contact with Trump administration

Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi said in an interview with CBS aired on Monday he is in direct communication with the Trump administration, calling the result a possible game-changer.

“I think the president said it best. He said, you know, we'll see what happens. And I think part of the consideration is that they already know what we propose as an alternative, as a transition,” Pahlavi said in response to a question about his contact with the Trump administration.

“Any campaign of liberation has occurred when the world finally took the side of those people vis-à-vis oppressive regimes,” Pahlavi said, citing the end of apartheid in South Africa and the fall of the Soviet Union as precedents. “Iran should not be the exception.”

“In fact, the game-changer for the whole region is Iran. And Iranians are fighting this fight, not just to liberate themselves. They know that as a result of Iran's liberation, the whole world would breathe easier,” Pahlavi added.

“Unlike this regime that has always hated America and its allies, Iranian people are supportive and want to be a friend of America and the rest of the world, of course.”