Reza Pahlavi calls for action against Iran during Khamenei's burial

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called for a “Global Week of Action for a Free Iran” coinciding with the Iranian regime's planned burial of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, beginning on July 4.The Week of Action will also mark six months since the start of the Iranian protests against the regime, which Pahlavi called “a massacre.”In a post on X/Twitter, Pahlavi said that Iranians across the world would gather between July 4 and 9 to “show the world the true face of Iran and to honor the eternal memory of the fallen heroes of Iran's Lion and Sun Revolution.”Those fallen, Pahlavi said, consisted of over 40,000 Iranians killed by the regime over only two days, averaging 14 people killed per minute.“Our message to the American people and the US government is clear: stand with the Iranian people,” he wrote. “Do not deal with terrorists. Choose the people of Iran.”From July 4 to July 9, as the regime stages its deceptive propaganda around the burial of the remains of the supreme criminal, Ali Khamenei, and as we mark the sixth month since the courageous national uprising of January 8 and 9, freedom-loving Iranians will take to the streets… https://t.co/gL4B4IvABc pic.twitter.com/Uf1TAzgHbG— Reza Pahlavi Communications (@PahlaviComms) June 28, 2026The start of the campaign also coincides with the United States' Independence Day, and Pahlavi announced that gatherings were planned outside US embassies across the world.He also called for Iranians living in Iran to covertly participate in the Week of Action, providing examples such as recording videos at grave sites and writing messages on walls.Pahlavi condemns US-Iran MoU“Any deal with the criminal Islamic Republic stands in direct contradiction to the ideals and values of the United States and the free world,” Pahlavi said, in reference to the recent memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran.Pahlavi previously denounced the US-Iran MoU, calling it “morally wrong and strategically misguided,” in a post on X.“As it signs a memorandum of understanding for 'peace,' the Islamic Republic just executed two more protesters from January 8 and 9. This is the consequence of making a deal with this criminal regime,” Pahlavi wrote.James Genn contributed to this report.