Regime Change
Ongoing protests in Iran represent the most significant challenge to the Islamic theocracy since its founding in 1979, according to experts. Demonstrators are calling for wholesale political change, bypassing reform and elections. The movement's broad reach and demands for the return of the pre-1979 monarchy highlight deepening discontent with clerical rule.
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A man identifying himself as Colonel Ebrahim Aghaei Kamazani appeared beside the Lion and Sun flag in a video circulated this week, urging Iranians to begin a nationwide march on Sunday, November 16, to press for a transition from the Islamic Republic. The appeal coincided with the arrest of two men in Tehran’s metro for displaying the pre-1979 flag and echoed exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s June 23, 2025 call in Paris for peaceful regime change.