Iran’s crown prince says survival of Tehran government 'sends a clear signal to every bully'

MUNICH (AP) — Supporters of Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi rallied connected the sidelines of a gathering of satellite leaders Germany connected Saturday, aiming to crank up planetary unit connected Tehran.

Banging drums and chanting for authorities change, the ample and boisterous objection successful Munich was portion of what Pahlavi described arsenic a “global time of action" to enactment Iranians successful the aftermath of deadly nationwide protests. Pahlavi besides called for rallies successful Los Angeles and Toronto.

“Change, change, authorities change” the assemblage chanted, bringing unneurotic galore thousands of radical and waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and prima emblems, which Iran utilized earlier its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Pahlavi dynasty.

Some demonstrators sported “Make Iran Great Again" reddish caps, mimicking the MAGA caps worn by U.S. President Donald Trump 's supporters. Many waved placards showing Pahlavi, immoderate that called him a king. The lad of Iran’s deposed shah has been successful exile for astir 50 years but is trying to presumption himself arsenic a subordinate successful Iran’s future.

“We person immense hopes and (are) looking guardant that the authorities is going to alteration hopefully,” said Daniyal Mohtashamian, a demonstrator successful the assemblage that chanted “Pahlavi for Iran” and “democracy for Iran" arsenic drums and cymbals sounded.

He said helium traveled from Zurich, successful Switzerland, to talk up for protesters wrong Iran who faced repression.

“There is an net blackout and their voices are not going extracurricular of Iran,” helium said.

Iranian leaders are already nether aggravated pressure, facing renewed threats of U.S. subject action. Trump wants Iran to further standard backmost its atomic program. He suggested Friday that authorities alteration successful Iran “would beryllium the champion happening that could happen."

Iran was besides the absorption of protests successful Munich connected Friday, the opening time of an yearly information league successful the metropolis gathering European leaders and planetary information figures. Supporters of the Iranian absorption radical People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, besides known arsenic the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, demonstrated against Iran's deadly crackdown connected protesters past month.

At a quality league successful Munich, Pahlavi warned of the likelihood of much deaths successful Iran if “democracies basal by and watch."

“We stitchery astatine an hr of profound peril to ask: Will the satellite basal with the radical of Iran?" helium asked.

He added that the Iranian government's continued endurance “sends a wide awesome to each bully: termination capable radical and you enactment successful power.”

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says astatine slightest 7,005 radical were killed successful the protest, including 214 authorities forces. It has been close successful counting deaths during erstwhile rounds of unrest successful Iran and relies connected a web of activists successful Iran to verify deaths.

Iran’s authorities offered its lone decease toll connected Jan. 21, saying 3,117 radical were killed. Iran’s theocracy successful the past has undercounted oregon not reported fatalities from past unrest.

The Associated Press has been incapable to independently measure the decease toll, fixed authorities person disrupted net entree and planetary calls successful Iran.

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AP writer John Leicester contributed from Paris.

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