هم‌میهنانم، ملت بزرگ و دلیر ایران، امروز، با افزایش تنش‌ها و احتمال گسترش حملات، به‌ویژه در جنوب کشور، می‌خواهم با شما سخن بگویم؛ به‌ویژه با مردم شریف سیستان و بلوچستان، هرمزگان، بوشهر، خوزستان و همه ساکنان سواحل خلیج فارس و دریای مَکران. جنگ و بحرانی که امروز کشور ما با آن روبه‌روست، تنها یک باعث و بانی دارد: رژیم جمهوری اسلامی. اما جنگ اصلی، یعنی جنگ جمهوری اسلامی علیه ملت ایران، چهل‌وهفت سال پیش آغاز شد و تا امروز ادامه یافته است. همه ملت ایران از این رژیم زخم خورده‌اند. نگذاریم بگویند که جنوب ایران تازه وارد جنگ شده است. جنوب ایران از همان روزی وارد جنگ شد که کودکان بلوچ، به دلیل نبود آب آشامیدنی و زیرساخت‌های اولیه، قربانی گاندوها شدند؛ از روزی که در سیستان و بلوچستان، سرزمین رستم و قلب اسطوره‌های ایران، جوانان برای تامین معاش ناچار به سوخت‌بری شدند؛ از روزی که استان هرمزگان و بندرعباس، بزرگ‌ترین بندر ایران، در فقر و محرومیت رها شدند؛ از روزی که بوشهر، تأمین‌کننده بخش بزرگی از گاز کشور، و خوزستان، قلب صنعت نفت ایران، خود از ثروت‌شان بی‌بهره ماندند. اما ایران آزاد، ایرانی متفاوت خواهد بود. با استقرار دولتی ملی، کارآمد و توسعه‌گرا، سیستان و بلوچستان می‌تواند با تکیه بر موقعیت راهبردی، نیروی انسانی جوان و دسترسی به آب‌های آزاد، به یکی از موتورهای اصلی رشد و شکوفایی کشور تبدیل شود. چابهار می‌تواند قلب تجارت ایران و دروازه اتصال اقیانوس هند، آسیای مرکزی و بازارهای جهانی باشد؛ با به‌روزرسانی همان برنامه جامعی که پیش از فاجعه ۵۷ قرار بود اجرا شود. هرمزگان، بوشهر، خوزستان و جزایر خلیج فارس می‌توانند با توسعه تجارت، گردشگری، صنعت و جذب سرمایه‌گذاری، به ثروتمندترین و پیشرفته‌ترین مناطق ایران بدل شوند. هم‌میهنانم، این رژیم جنگ‌افروز نه برای مردم پناهگاهی ساخته است و نه توان دفاع از آسمان کشور را دارد. سردمداران آن در حالی که زیر زمین پنهان شده‌اند، از مدارس، بیمارستان‌ها و دیگر مراکز غیرنظامی، استفاده نظامی می‌کنند، و مردم ایران، از جمله سربازان وظیفه را در پادگان‌ها، به سپر انسانی تبدیل کرده‌اند. در جنگی که جمهوری اسلامی بر کشور تحمیل کرده است، نخستین و مهم‌ترین وظیفه شما حفظ جان، امنیت و سلامت خود و خانواده‌های‌تان است. زیرا شما سرمایه ایران و سربازان واقعی نبرد برای بازپس‌گیری میهن هستید. در همین ارتباط، دفتر ارتباطات و رسانه من، توصیه‌ها و راهنمایی‌های لازم را برای افزایش امنیت هم‌میهنان منتشر خواهد کرد. مبارزه و کسب آمادگی برای پیروزی نهایی یک وظیفه همیشگی است. در نبرد نهایی، هر قدر ما توانمندتر، و جمهوری اسلامی ضعیف‌تر باشد، پیروزی سریع‌تر و کم‌هزینه‌تر به دست خواهد آمد. پاینده ایران

My fellow Iranians, the great and courageous people of Iran, Today, as tensions rise and the possibility of escalating military attacks grows, particularly in the south of the country, I wish to speak with you; especially with the noble people of Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, and all those living along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Makran. The war and crisis our country faces today has one single cause: the Islamic Republic. But the main war, the Islamic Republic's war against the Iranian people, began forty-seven years ago and has continued to this day. All of the Iranian people have been wounded by this regime. Let us not allow anyone to say that southern Iran has only now entered the war. Southern Iran entered the war from the very day that Baluch children fell victim to crocodiles seeking water due to a lack of basic infrastructure; from the day that in Sistan and Baluchestan, the land of Rostam and the heart of Iran's mythology, young people were forced into fuel smuggling just to survive; from the day that Hormozgan province and Bandar Abbas, Iran's largest port, were abandoned to poverty and deprivation; from the day that Bushehr, which supplies a large share of the country's gas, and Khuzestan, the heart of Iran's oil industry, were deprived of the wealth they produced. But a free Iran will be a different Iran. With the establishment of a national, capable and development-oriented government, Sistan and Baluchestan, drawing on its strategic location, its young workforce, and its access to open waters, can become one of the main engines of the country's growth and prosperity. Chabahar can be the heart of Iran's trade and the gateway connecting the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and global markets, by reviving the very same comprehensive plan that was to be implemented before the catastrophe of 1979. Hormozgan, Bushehr, Khuzestan, and the islands of the Persian Gulf can, through the development of trade, tourism, industry, and the attraction of investment, become the wealthiest and most advanced regions of Iran. My fellow Iranians, This warmongering regime has built no shelters for the people, nor does it have the capacity to defend the country's skies. Its leaders, hiding underground, are making military use of schools, hospitals, and other civilian centers, and have turned the Iranian people, including conscript soldiers in their garrisons, into human shields. In the war that the Islamic Republic has imposed on the country, your first and most important duty is to preserve the lives, safety, and wellbeing of yourselves and your families. For you are Iran's most precious asset and the true soldiers of the battle to reclaim the homeland. In this regard, my communications and media office will be publishing necessary guidance and recommendations to help keep fellow Iranians safe. Fighting toward and preparing for ultimate victory is a constant duty. In the final battle, the stronger we are and the weaker the Islamic Republic becomes, the faster and less costly our victory will be. Long live Iran.

Six months ago, tonight, Tehran went dark. All of Iran went dark. And into that darkness, millions of Iranians walked out of their homes anyway. January 8th and 9th were not just two nights of protest. They were the night Iran's silence broke. Millions came into the streets, into the squares, onto their rooftops — but the regime answered them with bullets. Tens of thousands of my compatriots were killed in those forty-eight hours. Tens of thousands more have been arrested, tortured, and sentenced to die since. They came out, determined and brave. I think of them every day. On those two nights I lost countrymen I will never get to meet. I do not hear a statistic when I hear the number 40,000. I see a son who did not come home to his mother. A daughter who will not sit at her family's table again. I think of each of them the way I would think of my own child, my own brother, my own sister. I carry the weight of every one of those names. But the families of the fallen I meet with, week after week, hearten our nation's will to carry on. Their children did not die in vain. They died for freedom, and they died with pride. History will remember what these men and women did; I will make sure of it. Like the resistance who stood against tyranny in occupied Europe, and like the revolutionaries who fought for liberty in America. But theirs was a particular bravery. They had no army, no air cover, nothing but the belief in what they stood for. They stood anyway. A united nation choosing to face the guns together rather than live one more day in fear. The men and women of the 8th and 9th of January will be remembered in Iran's history as the greatest generation that preferred to die free and standing than to live cowered on their knees. To the international community, I ask this: do not let a negotiating table in Geneva or Islamabad erase what happened in the streets of Tehran, Mashhad, and Kermanshah. They died for freedom. And when they are free, the Strait of Hormuz will open. The nuclear threat will end. And we will have true peace. I have told my compatriots: what you did on January 8th and 9th cannot be undone. Together, we will reclaim our country’s rightful place in the world, our national dignity, and honor the lives of our heroes. Now is the time to reassess, regroup, and rededicate ourselves to victory. We honor the fallen by finishing what they started. A free Iran is no longer a matter of hope. It is a matter of fact. And know that my brave compatriots are not just fighting for their own liberation but for the peace and stability of the world.

I love football. But sadly the regime has turned it into a weapon against the Iranian people. Let the Lion and Sun be seen in stadiums, outside them, wherever fans gather. Remember those who should be here today. Iran’s real national team is its people.

To our Arab neighbors: our region is at a fork in the road. One path leaves the Islamic Republic in power and leads to further crimes against our people and yours. The other helps Iranians reclaim Iran from this illegitimate regime and returns peace and stability to the region.

I have arrived in Rome to meet Italian political and business leaders. I will ensure the Iranian people’s voice is not silenced and will discuss the only true path to peace, security, and prosperity for the world— the liberation of Iran from the Islamic Republic.

Jag vill rikta ett stort tack till Sverige för det varma välkomnandet i samband med mitt besök i Stockholm och riksdagen.

I am pleased to have arrived in Stockholm. Tomorrow I will address members of Parliament with a simple message for Sweden and Europe: act in support of the people of Iran and our struggle for freedom and true peace. Stand on the right side of history. aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/L43…

Très heureux d’avoir pu échanger aujourd’hui avec @BrunoRetailleau. Je le remercie pour son écoute et pour sa volonté de voir la France et l’Europe soutenir le combat du peuple iranien pour sa liberté face à un régime qui l’opprime depuis trop longtemps.

The United Kingdom has endlessly appeased the criminal regime in Iran. The Prime Minister speaks of protecting the innocent civilians of Iran but failed to act to help stop the regime’s massacre of 40,000 innocent Iranians in January. Only an end to this regime - that brings terror to Britain’s own shores - will yield lasting peace and regional stability. Keir Starmer should follow in the footsteps of Churchill, not Chamberlain. He should support the Iranian people’s fight for liberty. The Iranian people will remember who stood with them in their hour of need and who stood against them. There is still time for the Government to change course: prosecute the IRGC that slaughters innocents, expel the illegitimate regime's ambassador, and act to support the people of Iran.

خطاب به ارتشیان ایران: شما میراث‌دار سرداران میهن‌پرست و خوش‌نام این سرزمین‌اید؛ از آریوبرزن و بهرام چوبین و سورنا، تا بابک خرمدین و یعقوب لیث و مازیار، تا جهانبانی و خسروداد و رحیمی. چگونه می‌توانید در برابر جولان و رجزخوانی عوامل بیگانه و جنایتکار وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی در خیابان‌های ایران، از حشدالشعبی و حزب‌الله لبنان، تا تروریست‌های افغانی و پاکستانی، سکوت و بی‌عملی پیشه کنید؟ جمهوری اسلامی و سپاه تروریستی و سرکوبگرش، در برابر دیدگان‌تان ده‌ها هزار تن از پاک‌ترین و شجاع‌ترین فرزندان این کشور را سلاخی کردند، و هر روز شماری دیگر را به کام مرگ می‌فرستند. این اشغالگرانِ خاک ایران، با جنون ویرانگر و آخرالزمانی، کشور را در آستانه نابودی قرار داده‌اند. چگونه چشم بر این واقعیت‌ها بسته‌اید و از ایفای نقش در دفاع از مُلک و ملت کناره گرفته‌اید؟ تاریخ و نسل‌های آینده ایران‌، چگونه درباره شما داوری خواهند کرد؟ پیمان و تعهد ملی و میهنی خود را به‌یاد آورید. به میدان بیایید. از شرافت و اعتبار ارتش ملی ایران در برابر جمهوری اسلامی و مزدوران بیگانه‌اش دفاع کنید. و خطاب به شما ملت بزرگ ایران: با صدای رسا، خواستار ایفای نقش ملی ارتش شوید. از آنها بخواهید به وظیفه خود در قبال میهن و ملت عمل کنند. تا بیش از این دیر نشده، در کنار ملت بایستند و ایران را نجات دهند. پاینده ایران، رضا پهلوی

To the Commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): Today, few doubt that little remains of the Velayat-e Faqih dictatorship but a half-dead body. As a result of five decades of warmongering and crimes, you are the real decision-makers of this collapsing system. Your misguided regional policies and apocalyptic madness have brought the theater of war to Iran. Because you used it not for our people but instead militarized it, our country’s economic infrastructure is now in the crosshairs of two powers that have been roaming Iran’s skies for weeks. This infrastructure was built with the national wealth of Iran and is vital for the country’s reconstruction. The corrupt regime of the Islamic Republic is on its way out. Your choice is not between survival and collapse; it is about how you collapse. The end of the current path is the delivery of a scorched earth to the Iranian nation following your inevitable downfall. For the sake of Iran, for yourselves, and for your children, abandon this adventurism and warmongering. Do not leave Iran more bloodstained and wounded than it already is. Allow the country’s infrastructure to be preserved for the Iranian nation. Stop your crimes. Step down from power.

به سرداران سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی! امروز کمتر کسی تردید دارد که از نظام ولایت فقیه جز جسمی نیمه‌جان باقی نمانده است، و تصمیم‌گیران واقعی این ساختمان در حال ریزش، در نتیجه پنج دهه ماجراجویی و جنایت، شمایید. سیاست‌های غلط منطقه‌ای و دیوانگی‌های آخرالزمانی شما، ایران را به صحنه این جنگ بدل کرده است. زیرساخت‌های اقتصادی که عمدا نظامی‌سازی کرده‌اید، در تیررس دو قدرتی قرار گرفته‌اند که هفته‌هاست در آسمان ایران جولان می‌دهند. این زیرساخت‌ها با ثروت ملی ایران ساخته شده‌اند و برای بازسازی کشور حیاتی‌اند. نظام فاسد جمهوری اسلامی رفتنی است. انتخاب شما میان بقا و سقوط نیست؛ میان چگونه سقوط کردن است. پایان مسیر کنونی، تحویل یک سرزمین سوخته به ملت ایران پس از سقوط حتمی‌تان است. برای ایران، برای خودتان، برای فرزندان‌تان، این ماجراجویی‌ها را رها کنید. ایران را بیش از این خون‌آلود و زخمی نکنید. بگذارید زیرساخت‌های کشور برای ملت ایران حفظ شود. به جنایت‌هایتان پایان دهید. از حکومت کناره بگیرید.

We will Make Iran Great Again. "I begin today in the memory of my fallen compatriots. The heroes of my country who have fought, bled, and died not only for their own freedom and for the liberation of Iran from the clutches of an evil, depraved regime that has held us each hostage for 47 years, but for the freedom, peace, and security of the world. When I speak to these heroes, as they come off the streets from protests or as they prepare for the final battle, they often ask me: “Tell the world, we are not just fighting for ourselves. We are fighting for them, too.” So it is in that spirit and in their honor that I ask you to close your eyes for a moment and imagine a free Iran. No more nuclear threats; No more terrorism; No more hostage taking; No more closing of the Strait of Hormuz; No more blackmailing of the global economy. Imagine an Iran that—instead of exporting terrorism—is promoting freedom: Freedom to its people; Stability to its neighbors; National security and economic opportunity for the United States and the free world. Can you imagine Iran going from “Death to America” to “God Bless America”? I can. Because I have seen the true soul of my people. On 9/11—one of America’s darkest hours—when your enemies, and even some who claimed to be your friends, celebrated those horrific attacks, the Iranian people did something the world wasn’t supposed to see. They risked their lives to hold candlelight vigils in the heart of Tehran. They didn’t do it for a camera. They did it for a friend in pain. That is the true face of Iran. Unlike the regime that worships death and destruction, the Iranian people celebrate life and liberty. That’s why I can imagine an Iran that exports engineers instead of extremists. Startups instead of suicide bombers. Energy instead of hatred... I can imagine a Middle East where Iran is no longer a source of chaos… but an anchor of stability. An Iran that does not fear its people, doesn’t threaten its neighbors, doesn’t isolate itself from the world. Imagining this is not difficult, because this is exactly what Iran once was. And what it can be again. When Iran is free, the Middle East changes. When Iran is free, America regains a great friend. A free Iran represents the single largest untapped economic opportunity of the 21st century. A nation of 93 million people—highly educated, entrepreneurial, and pro-West—finally unleashed. Over the next decade alone, a strategic U.S.–Iran partnership could generate more than $1 trillion for the American economy. Imagine a new Middle East where Iran is a friend of Israel. Where the Abraham Accords are extended into the Cyrus Accords, named for Cyrus the Great, the Iranian king who issued the first charter of human rights, and whose vision of religious tolerance inspired Thomas Jefferson. Today the Islamic Republic tramples upon Iran’s millennia-old legacy of tolerance for religious minorities, and wages a war on them. In a country with the fastest rate of growth of Christianity in the world, the regime and its IRGC storm into and ransack underground house churches, detain and torture pastors, and persecute and execute evangelists and Christian converts. This is the Islamic Republic. Not the true Iran. Not the vision we have for the future. Under this vision, Iran, the United States, Israel, and our Arab neighbors are bound together in peace and prosperity rather than conflict and terror. A Middle East where we will be able to handle our own affairs and manage our own backyard– where we can put an end to the endless wars and allow our American friends to bring back their sons and daughters in uniform and focus where they want to: back home. A free Iran is not a fantasy. A free Iran is within reach—right now. But as we all know, freedom never comes free. My compatriots have shown this. They are not asking for a handout, and they do not expect their freedom to be handed to them on a silver platter. The Iranian people have already paid an unimaginable price for their liberty. In January of this year, I called on my compatriots to go out and protest against the regime that has oppressed them for 47 years. Millions of them responded, igniting the largest wave of protests in Iran’s modern history—sweeping every single one of our 31 provinces. On January 8th at 8 o’clock, they took their lives in their own hands and took to the streets to fight against the occupying regime. At that exact moment, Khamenei, Larijani, Ghalibaf, and the rest of their mafia shut off the Internet. Under the cover of darkness, and with a depravity that shocked the world, they massacred more than 40,000 Iranians, and injured over 300,000. They did not stop their terror on the streets. Wounded protesters were hunted down in hospital beds and shot in cold blood. Men and women were raped in secret prisons. Even nurses, ambulance medics, and doctors who dared to help protesters were tortured, raped, and killed. Families were forced to search through thousands of unmarked body bags, and the regime even charged grieving parents for the bullets used to kill their own children. To this day, mothers still search for their sons, and daughters still ask when their fathers will come home. To this day, 29 days to be exact, Iranians have been cut off from the world with almost no access to the Internet. Fearful of my courageous compatriots, Khamenei Junior and his cabal of criminals, have dragged Iran from the 21st century to the Dark Ages. They are afraid that when they do, the world will again see the defiant will of a nation united and determined to topple it. Life can never go back to normal. There is a sea of blood between the people and the regime. After all the massacres, after all they have sacrificed, they will never agree to swap one tyrant for another. And another anti-American tyrant will not serve American interests either. The only thing that the remnants of this regime can be relied on to do is to buy time, to cheat, and to steal. They will never be honest or true partners for peace. President Trump was right when he said, “We don’t want to come back every two years.” But if a faction of the regime is left in power, that is exactly what will happen. It will buy time. It will pretend to negotiate. And then, it will return to its old, jihadist ways of threatening America, its security, and its interests. They might promise a short period of artificial calm. But it would inevitably be followed by the same terrorism, the same nuclear blackmail, and the same cries of “Death to America.” Because the truth is simple: The Islamic Republic cannot reform itself. You cannot reform a snake. Venom is in its DNA. This extends to the corrupt and brutal thugs of the IRGC. Because the IRGC is not Iran’s national army. Indeed, it does not even have the word Iran in its name! It is the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. It serves its own poisonous ideology of terror, not Iran’s national interests. So it can certainly never be a partner to serve America’s interests. The only path to lasting peace and stability runs through a clean break with this regime. For the first time in 47 years, President Trump’s strategy has given us a real chance to achieve that outcome. For decades, every American president since Carter chose to try to manage this looming threat rather than resolve it. Each of them has failed. They have only made the problem worse. The result has been more dead Iranians and more dead Americans. So the mullahs operated on the assumption that America didn’t have the stomach to confront them decisively. That assumption began to collapse when President Trump ordered the strike on Qasem Soleimani. And once the myth of the regime’s invincibility was shattered, possibilities began to move in a different direction. Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury have done something extraordinary. The killing of Khamenei and many of his henchmen, the destruction of more than 80% of the regime’s ballistic missile arsenal, and the obliteration of the nuclear sites have leveled the playing field. This did not happen by accident. It happened because of President Trump’s resolve and the courage of American troops. On behalf of millions of Iranians, we thank them. Their sacrifice was not in vain. For the first time in nearly half a century, the Iranian people have a fighting chance to end this regime’s terror and chaos. The regime’s repressive machine has been degraded, its terror network cut off, and its leadership decimated. But for this all to be worth it — the sacrifices of both Americans and Iranians— for the goodwill between our two peoples which you see on vibrant display here today, to continue — we must finish the job. This regime, in its entirety must go. If we do not finish the job and leave a rump of the regime in place, the threat posed by this Islamic Republic will not be solved. It will only be made worse. Those who have spent 47 years sewing chaos, cannot be trusted to bring about stability. Terrorists cannot be trusted to bring peace. If they are left in place, they will bring only more of the instability, chaos, and destruction they have brought for 47 years. They are not pragmatists. They are thugs. They are not deal makers. They are agents of chaos. But the other path, the path which finishes the job once and for all, will leave a legacy of peace and prosperity that historians and scriptwriters could only dream of. That legacy will belong to the heroic people of Iran and to the only President of the Untied States who had the courage and the character to see the mission through. Today, that is the precipice on which we stand. The precipice of true greatness. Iranians are ready to play their part. The final blow will be delivered by the people of Iran themselves. They are already on the ground, and they have already demonstrated their extraordinary courage. They are ready to fight again But they must be given the chance to do so. As President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and myself have urged, they are taking shelter while the bombs are falling. But when the right moment arrives—as in January—I will call on them to rise up again. And when they do, I have no doubt they will put an end to the dark chapter of the Islamic Republic once and for all and reclaim their homeland, their dignity, and their future. But bringing down a regime is only the beginning. What matters next is whether the nation can unite around a leader with broad legitimacy. Across Iran and throughout the diaspora, millions of Iranians have called on me to lead the transition to democracy. I have accepted that call not to serve myself, but to serve my nation and my people. In recent years I have unified a broad coalition of dissidents—republican and monarchist, left and right, men and women of all ages, religions, and ethnicities. Even people who were former political opponents, have joined the movement to free Iran under my leadership. Equally important: Iran’s armed forces and bureaucracy will follow me. Thousands of the regime’s military officials—some very senior—have signaled their readiness to join me through a digital defections platform my team established several months ago. Many of these officials have refused to obey the orders to kill civilians during the January uprising. That’s why the IRGC had to import thugs from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon to do the dirty work. With my leadership, they and others who don’t have blood on their hands will play a role in stabilizing the country during the transition. Iran is not Iraq. We will not repeat the catastrophic mistake of de-Baathification. There will be no dissolution of bureaucratic institutions, no power vacuum, no chaos. The transition will be orderly. My team of experts produced a detailed plan called the Iran Prosperity Project, or IPP. This is a roadmap for national recovery, including the first 100 days after the regime’s collapse and the longer-term reconstruction and stabilization of our country. What we ask of America now is simple: stay the course. Do not throw this crumbling regime a lifeline. Pave the way for the Iranian people to finish the job. Because freedom is not an American story alone. It is the story of all people who refuse to live on their knees. It is the story America wrote in 1776. And today, it is the story the Iranian people are writing with their courage and their sacrifice. We prefer to die standing than to live kneeling. 2026 marks the 250th birthday of the United States. It is my hope and my belief that history will also remember 2026 as the year of Iran’s rebirth. What my people are fighting for is the rebirth of our 2,500 year old civilization. When the black page of the illegitimate Islamic regime is turned, that is the tradition and the heritage to which Iran will return. So in 2026, our two nations are reaching for a new chapter, both determined to be great. President Trump rightly observed that the Iranian people are the Iranian regime’s longest-suffering victims. He told them: the hour of your freedom is at hand. And they are ready to meet this moment. The Iran story is not yet finished. Great civilizations outlast even their most vicious occupiers. With your help and with the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of Iran’s greatest youth, our best, latest chapter is being written right now. When it is done, a free and democratic Iran will stand alongside the United States as a partner, an ally, and a friend. President Trump is making America great again. I intend to make Iran great again. Together, with my brave compatriots, that is exactly what we will do. Thank you. God bless America. Long live Iran." Remarks at CPAC 2026 in Dallas, Texas