Overview
- Reza Pahlavi, leaving a Berlin press conference Thursday, was splashed with a red, tomato-like liquid as police detained a man and said Pahlavi was not injured.
- Security guards subdued the attacker at the scene and handed him to Berlin police, who opened an investigation into the assault.
- Moments earlier, Pahlavi had urged what he called a renewed U.S. humanitarian intervention in Iran and criticized a ceasefire that he argued eases pressure on Tehran.
- Berlin deployed about 800 officers in the government district as rival gatherings by Iranian diaspora groups took place, with supporters and opponents rallying nearby.
- During the Berlin stop of a tour that also included Sweden and Italy, some German lawmakers met Pahlavi, while he pressed to position himself as a transition leader opposed to talks with Iran's current rulers.