Exiled Persian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi shared the names of some of the young people whom the Iranian regime massacred simply for criticizing that regime. And Pahlavi also highlighted the religious persecution in Iran as Passover begins and Easter approaches.
“In America, students debate ideas. In Iran, students bleed for them,” Pahlavi told a crowd at Liberty University. After listing some of the victims, he warned the Trump administration, “America must be clear. There is no negotiating with evil.” Finally, Pahlavi described the harsh persecution of Christians in Iran and urged Americans to support a totally renewed Iran, one with political and religious freedom, one where young people would have a future.
Between 30,000 and 40,000 Persians died in the bloody regime crackdown on freedom protestors in January. It was the greatest slaughter in recent world history. A little over a month later, American and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury. And we should not forget those who died in the protests.
Pahlavi shared just a handful of names. “Sina — 17 years old — who went out with his family to demand freedom, and was shot in the street, never to return home,” he said. “Rubina — a young student who dreamed of studying fashion in Milan — whose family searched through rows of bodies just to find her.”
This is a small snapshot of the tens of thousands of protesters murdered by Ali Larijani and Golamreza Soleimani.
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) March 17, 2026
Their murderers are now in the ground.
And soon the dream they gave up their lives for will come to fruition. Free Iran. 🦁☀️ pic.twitter.com/ycfXkSUXWM
He went on with the heartbreaking stories: “Borna — who said, ‘If I don’t go, nothing will change.’ He chose to go. And he was killed for it. Kimia — 17 years old — shot in the chest by the very forces meant to protect her. Two brothers — Rasoul and Reza — who stood side by side in protest and were both shot dead in the street together. And Bahar — three years old… killed not in war, not on a battlefield, but by tear gas in her own country.”
Pahlavi emphasized, “These are not statistics. These are lives.” The Iranian regime has orchestrated global terrorism for almost five decades, and it has made wrecking America its number one goal. What if it were your daughter or son shot to death just for demanding justice?
Tehran, Iran: Despite live rounds being used against the crowd, anti-Islamic regime protesters continue to flood the streets. pic.twitter.com/RWdnCzNNM9
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) January 10, 2026
Then, Pahlavi described the horrors of the January crackdown:
Young women beaten to death in the streets. Students dragged from classrooms and executed. Doctors assaulted in hospitals for treating the wounded. Women and men sexually assaulted in detention centers. Nurses and medics raped for gunshot helping victims. Teenagers tortured into false confessions. Families forced to pay for the bullets that killed their sons and daughters.
As he emphasized, this isn’t just tyranny, it is 100% “evil — organized, sustained, and unapologetic.” And that’s exactly why America can’t trust a single promise any member of that regime makes. Against “that Satanic force stands something extraordinary and pure,” Pahlavi told the Liberty University audience. “A generation. Young people. Students. Your peers. Across Iran, universities have become battlegrounds for freedom.”
There, students chant, “Down with the clerics,” “Death to the dictator,” and “This is the year of blood—this is the end of tyranny.” And unlike the pathetic American students who rioted in favor of terrorists while facing little to no consequences, the brave Iranian students know their protests could end in their deaths. Iranian regime authorities have even raided dormitories at night, set up traps in classrooms, and stationed thugs on campus, Pahlavi said. Some students suffer beatings, some are killed, some disappear.
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Why do they protest in spite of these atrocities? “Because,” said Pahlavi, “they understand something that no tyrant can erase: Freedom is worth everything. Freedom is worth dying for.”
Indeed, an Israeli official had a very similar message for the start of Passover: that freedom requires sacrifice. Pahlavi also mentioned Passover and the ancient link between Israel and Persia, when over two and a half millennia ago, King Cyrus the Great of Persia freed the Jews and helped them rebuild their Temple. Since this is also Holy Week, Pahlavi praised the Iranian Christians who stay true to their faith despite imprisonment and death threats.
He urged Americans to “righteous anger” against the Iranian regime, which is our enemy just as much as his. “There is no reforming a system built on brutality. There is only one path forward: The end of this regime,” he urged. “Right now, in Iran, there are young people your age who cannot speak. Who cannot connect. Who cannot even tell the world they are alive. For 33 days, they have been silenced. So today — be their voice. Carry their message. Stand in their place. Pray for them.” Amen.
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