{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Interview with exiled son of Iran\u0026#39;s late shah' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d6d9d8eafeecae206e86' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d6d9d8eafeecae206e86' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nInterview with exiled son of Iran\u0026#39;s late shah\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eRESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY              SHOTLIST:              CORRECTIVE - CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE  THIS AMENDS THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE FILE TO AP CLIENTS ONLY++              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY             ...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              SHOTLIST:\u003cbr/\u003e              CORRECTIVE - CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE  THIS AMENDS THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE FILE TO AP CLIENTS ONLY++\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington DC - 9 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              ++16:9++\u003cbr/\u003e              1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran's late shah and a critic of the country's clerical leaders:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"What we say is that we will support the will of the Iranian people and their democratic desires. Let them determine the outcome. If they want to change the regime, so be it. The difference is that you take away the argument of the Islamic Republic. Every time somebody wants to come to the help of the Iranian people, 'you are interfering in our internal affairs' and start all the apologies for the regime, blasting the concept of regime change. We all know that regime change is the ultimate formula. But that's what the Iranian people are asking. It's not going to be because the US says so, or the British say so, or the Saudis say so, or the Israelis say so. It's because it's what the Iranian people want.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Tehran - 6 January 1979\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran receiving Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington DC - 9 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              ++16:9++\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran's late shah and a critic of the country's clerical leaders:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think you are talking about a moment in our country's history, where people who are simply fed up and have nothing to lose anymore and they know that this situation, as long as it prevails, there's no hope for them in any sense, are really now taking some brave and defiant steps, and that's very important, particularly for the outside world looking in to understand. Now what would the regime do and the security forces do is of course a key questions. Then finally, well obviously I have noticed that a lot of my compatriots are certainly showing their devotion and support for myself and ask for my intervention to help them in any way I can which I am of course doing and I think that the role that I am playing at this time, outside of whatever means of support that I can bring to these movements at home and as much as they ask me to in fact broadcast their desire inform the international community; that includes of course legislators, heads of state, media and what have you, it also is a moment in time when the majority of the Iranian democratic forces, that are secular minded that of course want a democratic alternative to this regime, the time has really come for a massive coalition of such forces because we have to be able also to fill the void and not just talk about putting an end to a regime.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Tehran - 6 January 1979\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4;3++\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran receiving Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington DC - 9 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              ++16:9++\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran's late shah and a critic of the country's clerical leaders:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"One factor that is quite striking to me, both in terms of contrast with anything that any of us have seen before happen in Iran is number one the fact that the kind of slogans that we here are this time extremely defined in the sense that it brings ultimately the entire regime into question, in contrast to let's say what we saw in 2009.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Tehran - 6 January 1979\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran shaking hands with cabinet ministers\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington DC - 9 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              ++16:9++\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran's late shah and a critic of the country's clerical leaders:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Let's face it, religion should be a private matter for every individual in the first place. It's none of my business whether you believe in something or not but you have to have that right and that culture of pointing the finger is again something that this regime has created. Iranians know better than that because we have proven as a nation over the millenia that we are a culture that proved in fact as a nation state that we are a melting pot of all sorts of ethnicities and religions and we lived side by side in peace for centuries until these people showed up and took our country hostage and frankly these are usurpers that have invaded our country, taken us hostage and we shall get our country back. And today is the time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Tehran - 6 January 1979\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran receiving cabinet\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington DC - 9 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              ++16:9++\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Iran's late shah and a critic of the country's clerical leaders:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Now as to the final form. You know what, I've never been preoccupied with my personal role or destiny. I've dedicated 38 years of my life so that we can get to the day people go to the election booth. As far as I'm concerned, that is my only mission in life and I will see that day as the end of a mission I have given myself as a patriot and as a duty to my countrymen to do. And I have always said that I will be so proud to be the member of a generation of Iranians that will witness for the first time in our history something that will tell the whole world that Iranians were able to determine their own destiny as a result of their direct decision and vote.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Even as the latest reports suggest the unrest may be ebbing, the scion of Persia's 2,500-year-old monarchy believes Iran's people are writing a new future for themselves, and perhaps for their exiled son.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We all know that regime change is the ultimate formula,\" said Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and a harsh critic of the clerical rulers that have dominated Iran ever since. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"But that's what the Iranian people are asking. It's not going to be because the US says so, or the British say so, or the Saudis say so, or the Israelis say so. It's because it's what the Iranian people want.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              More than want, he believes they may succeed.\u003cbr/\u003e              For Pahlavi, who advocates replacing Tehran's theocracy with a pluralist, parliamentary democracy, the demonstrations that have rocked cities across Iran the last two weeks aren't about egg prices, unemployment or economic opportunity. \u003cbr/\u003e              They're about the nation's greater grievance with its entire political system.\u003cbr/\u003e              Pahlavi cast the current discontent as more threatening to the Islamic Republic's survival than the violence that followed disputed elections in 2009 - when Iranians clashed over the direction of a government that would in any scenario be undemocratic and corrupt, and opposed to human rights and the separation of state and religion.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The time has really come for a massive coalition,\" Pahlavi said in Washington, where he says he's trying to help Iranian activists, human rights advocates, union leaders, journalists and students pull in a broader pool of citizens in defiance of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, and the clerics and officials comprising the country's ruling establishment.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"These are usurpers that have invaded the country, taken us hostage and we shall get our country back. Today is the time,\" he declared, describing his part - at least for now - as carrying the flag of the protesters' cause with Western countries like the United States, to intensify their responses and consider new sanctions on Iran's leaders and their assets.\u003cbr/\u003e              Iranian officials say they've arrested some 3,700 people since Dec. 28. \u003cbr/\u003e              Some protesters have called for the government's overthrow, and videos show some vocal support for Pahlavi, who left Iran at 17 for military flight school in the United States just before his cancer-stricken father Mohammad Reza Pahlavi abandoned the throne for exile. \u003cbr/\u003e              Revolution meant neither Pahlavi ever returned.\u003cbr/\u003e              What of Pahlavi's path in this new Iran? Does it end with him sitting upon the Peacock Throne? \u003cbr/\u003e              Or does he aspire for something akin to the \"Baba\" role played by Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghanistan's deposed king who returned after the fall of the Taliban as a symbolic but powerless figure of national unity?\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I don't know, to be honest with you. I know what I need to do now,\" Pahlavi answered. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I've never been preoccupied with my personal role or destiny,\" he said, describing fair elections in Iran as his \"only mission in life,\" replacing the current votes for presidents and parliamentarians among pre-approved candidates.\u003cbr/\u003e              ===========================================================\u003cbr/\u003e              Clients are reminded: \u003cbr/\u003e              (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com\u003cbr/\u003e              (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service \u003cbr/\u003e              (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\"3.5 out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star-half-stroke text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=469906\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003eHigher Ed\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSubjects\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\u0026amp;subject_ids%5B%5D=1216220\"\u003eAll Subjects\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMedia Type\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=2\u0026amp;type_ids%5B%5D=4543650\"\u003eNews Clips\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSource:\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDate\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2018\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-solid fa-language'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAudiences\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?audience_ids%5B%5D=371079\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\"\u003eFor Teacher Use\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\u003cdd class=\"text-muted\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-lock mr5\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e2 more...\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='concepts-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='concepts-heading'\u003eConcepts\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list concepts' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='concepts'\u003eiran, social issues, time, north america, culture\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='concepts-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='additional-tags-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='additional-tags-heading'\u003eAdditional Tags\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='details-list keyterms' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator' data-type='keyterms'\u003etehran, forces, iran government, iranian people, history, country, zahir shah, moment, determine, religious issues, iranians, nation, role, talk, government and politics, question, destiny, religion and politics, united states, contrast, regime, regime change, people, desire, mission, change, middle east, sense, taking, side, human rights and civil liberties, bring, district of columbia, life, hostage, reza pahlavi, church and state, support, social affairs, fact, ali khamenei\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='keyterms-toggle-buttons' data-identifier='Boclips::VideoDecorator'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' class='more btn-link' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-down ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='true' class='less btn-link' style='display: none;' type='button'\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eShow Less\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fa-solid fa-caret-up ml5'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='educator-ratings-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title sr-only' id='educator-ratings-heading'\u003eEducator Ratings\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"all-educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"educator-rating-form-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Show resource details' class='rp-show-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nShow resource details\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Video player' class='player' id='player-wrapper' role='region'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='relative container mx-auto' id='lp-boclips-visitor-thumbnail'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"block\" data-html=\"true\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-trigger=\"click\" data-content=\"\u003cdiv class=\u0026quot;text-center py-2\u0026quot;\u003e\u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/auth/users/sign_in\u0026quot;\u003eSign in\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold text-danger\u0026quot; data-posthog-event=\u0026quot;Signup: LP Signup Activity\u0026quot; data-posthog-location=\u0026quot;body_link_boclips\u0026quot; data-remote=\u0026quot;true\u0026quot; href=\u0026quot;/subscription/new\u0026quot;\u003eJoin Now\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video: Interview with exiled son of Iran\u0026#39;s late shah\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"resource-img img-thumbnail img-responsive z-10 lp-boclips-thumbnail w-full h-full lozad\" alt=\"Interview with exiled son of Iran\u0026#39;s late shah\" title=\"Interview with exiled son of Iran\u0026#39;s late shah\" onError=\"handleImageNotLoadedError(this)\" data-default-image=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" data-src=\"https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/missing.png\" width=\"315\" height=\"220\" src=\"data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs\" /\u003e\n\u003cspan aria-hidden='true' class='flex justify-center items-center bg-white rounded-full w-16 h-16 absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 -mt-8 -ml-8 cursor-pointer z-0 border-2 border-primary drop-shadow-md lp-boclips-thumbnail-playBtn'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fa-solid fa-play text-primary text-3xl ml-1 drop-shadow-xl'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}