Exiled Iranian crown prince urges Trump to help as protests against Islamic regime intensify: 'Man of peace'

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is calling connected President Donald Trump to intervene aft the Islamic authorities implemented a nationwide net blackout amid intensifying anti-government protests. He said the president has proven himself to beryllium a "man of bid and a antheral of your word."

"Mr. President, this is an urgent and contiguous telephone for your attention, support, and action. Last nighttime you saw the millions of brave Iranians successful the streets facing down unrecorded bullets. Today, they are facing not conscionable bullets but a full communications blackout. No Internet. No landlines," Pahlavi wrote connected X.

"Ali Khamenei, fearing the extremity of his transgression authorities astatine the hands of the radical and, with the assistance of your almighty committedness to enactment the protesters, has threatened the radical connected the streets with a brutal crackdown," Pahlavi added. "And helium wants to usage this blackout to execution these young heroes."

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Protesters march successful downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.  (Fars News Agency via AP)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei precocious took a swipe astatine Trump, saying that protesters successful Iran were "ruining their ain streets" to appease the U.S. president, according to The Associated Press.

Palhavi added that helium believed Trump's menace to intervene if the Iranian authorities utilized unit against protesters "kept the regime's thugs astatine bay" during Thursday night's protests. The prince called connected the radical of Iran to show connected Thursday nighttime and renewed his telephone for much protests connected Friday night.

Recently, Palhavi predicted that the authorities was "very adjacent to collapsing" amid the nationwide unrest.

"Over a 100 cities and millions of radical connected the thoroughfare chanting ‘Death to the dictator,’" Pahlavi told "Hannity" connected Tuesday. "The authorities is crumbling and is precise adjacent to collapsing," helium added.

Protesters march successful downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.  (Fars News Agency via AP)

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He said the question is "unprecedented" and differs from past efforts, pointing to information from Iran’s almighty merchant class.

As of Friday, astatine slightest 36 radical had been killed, including 34 protesters and 2 members of information and instrumentality enforcement forces, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

Trump said successful a Truth Social station connected Jan. 2 that the U.S. was "locked and loaded and acceptable to go" support protesters if the authorities utilized unit against them.

Activists instrumentality portion successful a rally supporting protesters successful Iran astatine Lafayette Square, crossed from the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 3, 2026.  (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

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"If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America volition travel to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and acceptable to go," Trump wrote.

Trump reiterated the connection during an interrogation with Hugh Hewitt that aired connected Thursday. He said that Iran has "been told precise strongly, adjacent much powerfully than I’m speaking to you close now, that if they bash that, they’re going to person to wage hell," according to the AP. However, successful the aforesaid interview, the president seemed to formed uncertainty connected the thought that helium would conscionable with Pahlavi.

"I’m not definite that it would beryllium due astatine this constituent to bash that arsenic president," Trump said, according to the AP. "I deliberation that we should fto everybody spell retired there, and we spot who emerges."

The president besides spoke with Fox News' Sean Hannity astir the anticipation of intervening successful Iran. During his quality connected "Hannity," Trump said that the U.S. would deed the authorities "very hard" if it mistreated protesters.

"We’re acceptable to bash it. If they bash that, we tin deed them hard," Trump told "Hannity."

Reza Pahlavi, the lad of Iran's toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a property conference, has called connected President Donald Trump to assistance the Iranian radical who are protesting the regime, led by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Thomas Padilla/AP Photo)

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Video from Tehran showed concern owners shutting their shops successful the Grand Bazaar and facing disconnected with information forces successful riot gear. Meanwhile, video from different parts of Iran person shown ample crowds with thousands taking to the streets arsenic they decry the country's worsening economical conditions.

On Thursday, the authorities plunged Iran into a nationwide net blackout arsenic the protests intensified. Live web information from NetBlocks showed net postulation collapsing successful the troubled federation connected Thursday evening, soon aft calls circulated for wide protests astatine 8 p.m. section time.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House, the State Department and a typical for Pahlavi for comment.

Fox News Digital's Madison Colombo and Emma Bussey contributed to this report.