A regime that has a Constitution which denies the sovereignty of the people and where candidates are selected by the regime and the Parliament can no… - Reza Pahlavi

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A regime that has a Constitution which denies the sovereignty of the people and where candidates are selected by the regime and the Parliament can not vote into laws its own proposed bills, is not a system representative of the people. This regime interprets divine laws as it pleases and elections are like those held under the Soviet or Saddam's regime. All this is to make the world believe that they enjoy a certain degree of legitimacy. Elections must be boycotted. To vote for this regime is to prolong its survival. Not to turn out will be the demonstration that the people rejects this theocracy. What the people is asking for is a secular Constitution based on the Universal Charter of Human Rights. Reformists couldn't do anything. We have lost ten years. Time has come for change.

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About Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi (born 31 October 1960) is the crown prince of the Imperial State of Iran, and son of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah.

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Native Name: رضا پهلوی‎‎
Alternative Names: Ri̤zā Pahlavī Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi II Prince Reza Pahlavi Shahzadeh Reza Pahlavi Rezā Pahlavī
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The current regime is, by any measure, the standard-bearer and global poster child for militancy, brute autocracy and corruption. If they are in fact students of my father, his ultimate act of refusing suppressive bloodshed in favor of exile should be their test.

Once Iran is liberated, and my fellow compatriots are free to elect their leaders and decide on their democratic political system of choice, my foreseeable mission will be accomplished. From that day on, my role will be determined by my compatriots. I will thus serve them in whatever capacity they see fit.

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