The exiled US-backed Iranian monarchy has called for an uprising by the Iranian people amid the country’s ongoing standoff with Israel.

In a huge development. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the deposed Shah of Iran, has issued statements from the US where he and his family have been residing.

In In a video speech published on X on Tuesday, Pahlavi said “only a total uprising is needed in order to bring, forever, and end to this collective nightmare.”

He also blasted the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for hiding like a “scared mouse.”