Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi told CPAC 2026 in Texas that a future Iran would pose no nuclear threat, end terrorism, and keep vital shipping lanes open, presenting it as a stabilizing force rather than a source of global disruption.
“No more nuclear threats; No more terrorism; No more hostage taking; No more closing of the Strait of Hormuz; No more blackmailing of the global economy," he said when speaking of a free Iran.
"We must finish the job. This regime, in its entirety must go. If we do not finish the job and leave a rump of the regime in place, the threat posed by this Islamic Republic will not be solved," he added.
"Can you imagine Iran going from “Death to America” to “God Bless America”?
I can. Because I have seen the true soul of my people."
He said "unlike the regime that worships death and destruction, the Iranian people celebrate life and liberty."
"That’s why I can imagine an Iran that exports engineers instead of extremists."
Pahlavi said after all the massacres including the January killings of over 36,500 protesters, Iranian people will never agree to swap one tyrant for another.
"And another anti-American tyrant will not serve American interests either."
He promised that Iran is not Iraq and that the catastrophic mistake of de-Baathification will not be repeated. "There will be no dissolution of bureaucratic institutions, no power vacuum, no chaos."
"What we ask of America now is simple: stay the course. Do not throw this crumbling regime a lifeline. Pave the way for the Iranian people to finish the job."
