Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah ousted by the 1979 Islamic Revolution, has referred to as for a two-day strike throughout the nation, which has been rocked by greater than 10 days of anti-government protests.
The exiled opposition determine appeared to deal with protesters in a video posted on X calling for “workers and employees in key sectors of the economy — especially transportation, oil and gas, and energy — to begin a nationwide strike” from Saturday, the beginning of the working week in Iran.
His on-line video deal with comes throughout a government-imposed internet blackout in Iran, applied amid ongoing unrest throughout the nation.
“I also ask all of you… to come into the streets with flags, images and national symbols and to reclaim public spaces as your own,” he stated.
“The goal is to prepare to seize city centers and hold them,” he added, claiming that Friday’s protests despatched a strong message to Iran’s leaders.
It will not be clear how widespread Pahlavi is inside Iran.
The US-based determine was solely 16 when the revolution ended his father’s 40-year rule. The eldest son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was the primary within the line to inherit the oil-rich, thousand-year-old empire.