Victoria Azad’s Response to Reza Pahlavi’s Letter to Trump

Saturday – January 3, 2026

The public letter by #Reza_Pahlavi to Donald #Trump is less an indication of political ties or real influence than it is evidence of the absence of such a relationship. In real power politics, when an effective channel and mutual trust exist, messages are not made public; they are pursued behind the scenes through formal and informal decision-making networks.

The public release of this letter should therefore be interpreted as an attempt at visibility and self-promotion in the public sphere—a message that effectively says, “I exist, look at me.” Had there been a genuine, ongoing working relationship with Trump’s team, such a letter would have neither been necessary nor made public.

Moreover, Reza Pahlavi’s claim to represent the people of Iran and to have been entrusted with a “great responsibility,” in the absence of any legitimacy-conferring mechanism, collective structure, or verifiable consensus, resembles political self-appointment far more than genuine representation. In international politics, such claims not only fail to generate weight, but can seriously undermine the speaker’s credibility.

Likewise, the reference to a “clear plan for a stable transition,” without presenting a framework, identified actors, guarantees, or a roadmap, remains a vague assertion. For pragmatic policymakers, promises of this kind carry no operational value.

In conclusion:
1.This letter demonstrates that there is no political relationship whatsoever between Reza Pahlavi and Donald Trump.
2.It is a sign of an effort to acquire legitimacy from outside in order to compensate for the absence of real standing inside— a text with primarily media value rather than genuine political weight.
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🔴 ‏این طرز سخن گفتن کسی است که خود را رهبر گذار میداند. هنوز ۶ روز نگذشته که رضا پهلوی در مصاحبه با ⁦ @CBSNews⁩ فراخوان خود را انکار کرد.
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خبرنگار پرسید آیا شما مسئولیت کشته شدن اینهمه انسان را قبول میکنید؟ او‌ پاسخ داد؛ همانطور که من گفتم این یک جنگ برای کسب آزادی است و تلفات میدهد، “اما من از ملت نخواستم به ‌خیابانها بیایند و با رژیم مبارزه کنند من چنین نمیخواستم، بلکه این مردم بودند که در خیابانها مرا صدا زدند و از من خواستند کاری کنم”. رضا پهلوی در واقع مسئولیتی برای اقدام خود نگرفت و‌ مسئولیت را به گردن ⁧ #ترامپ⁩ انداخت و ادامه داد که مردم ایران به امید کمک ترامپ به خیابانها رفتند، مردم نام خیابانها را به اسم ترامپ کردند، او مسئول این وضعیت است و حالا ترامپ باید برای سقوط رژیم اقدام کند. ⁧ #رضا_پهلوی⁩ اعتراف کرد که او از نفوذی بین مردم برخوردار نیست و مردم به امید و فرمان ترامپ به خیابانها رفتند.

This is the manner of speech of someone who considers himself a leader of the transition. Not even six days had passed before Reza Pahlavi denied his own call in an interview with @CBSNews.

The journalist asked: Do you accept responsibility for the deaths of all these people?
He replied: As I said, this is a war to achieve freedom, and it has casualties. “But I did not ask the nation to come into the streets and fight the regime. That was not my intention. Rather, it was the people who called my name in the streets and asked me to do something.”

In reality, Reza Pahlavi took no responsibility for his actions and instead shifted the responsibility onto #Trump. He went on to say that the people of Iran went into the streets in the hope of Trump’s help, that people even named streets after Trump, and that he is responsible for this situation — and now Trump must act to bring down the regime.

#Reza_Pahlavi effectively admitted that he has no real influence among the people, and that they went into the streets in the hope of, and in response to, Trump’s lead.
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