Protests across Iran escalated dramatically this week, largely fuelled by a call issued by Reza Pahlavi, which was rebroadcast by Farsi-language satellite news channels and websites abroad, urging protestors nationwide to take to the streets.
He has been in exile in the United States for nearly 50 years. His father, Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was so widely hated that millions protested in 1979, forcing him from power.
