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Cracks
" exist within the Iranian regime and will come to light as Ayatollah Khamenei's power is reduced, Reza Pahlavi, son of the former Shah of Iran, said on Saturday February 18 in Munich. Iran.
"
The total control of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes it almost impossible for those closely associated with him to take a stand against him
", admitted the one who embodies one of the multiple components of the opposition to the regime of the Islamic Republic. .
But according to "
testimonies that we receive and information leaks, there will be cracks that will become more apparent
", he assured journalists on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich, where members of the opposition were invited but no representative of the Iranian authorities.
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The supreme leader "
is trying to push his son to succeed him
" and this transition will "
considerably weaken
" his support, he assured, thus evoking the need to use these internal aspirations in Iran to change the constitution.
Reform the country
The country has been shaken since September by a wave of demonstrations following the death in detention of a young Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for not respecting the very strict dress code imposed on women in this country.
Since then, the regime has faced unprecedented protest, which has been violently repressed.
And two former leaders, former President Mohammad Khatami and ex-Prime Minister Mir Hossein Moussavi, called for reforms in early February.
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Mir Hossein Moussavi notably suggested a "
free and fair referendum on whether or not to draft a new constitution
", deeming
the current power structure "
unsustainable ".
He thus hardened his criticisms of power, argued Reza Pahlavi, evoking a recent past where the former head of government positioned himself as in “the loyal opposition, within the framework of the existing constitution
”
.
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No more defections
'
Several factions of the very divided Iranian diaspora have been working on the drafting of a charter.
It aims to bring together their points of agreement to lead to the establishment of a transitional council responsible for preparing elections and drafting a new constitution.
The son of the Shah, overthrown in 1979 by the Islamic revolution, reports in Iran a vast "
grey spectrum
" of government officials tempted by change but for the time being reluctant to express it publicly.
"
The question is how many of them will start to defect
" in Khamenei's direct entourage, he adds, convinced that "
the dynamic is towards more defections
".
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The opposition in exile, for its part, must offer them solutions, via an “
open door policy, of maximum inclusion
”, summarizes the son of the Shah.
If these leaders "
adopt the values and principles (of the charter, editor's note) as a basis for cooperation, we can broaden the spectrum to include more people
".
But a positive outcome will also require, he argued, political and judicial work to reserve a place for these members of the current regime in the next system.
“
Everyone has the right to a second chance
,” he observes in this regard.