Overview
- In a TF1 interview on Feb. 16, Pahlavi said he is ready to serve as a temporary transitional leader to unify the opposition and pave the way for free elections.
- He told Fox News a day earlier that he is asking President Trump for an “urgent” U.S. military intervention, describing it as a humanitarian step to stop further bloodshed.
- The U.S. president has alternated threats and calls for negotiation, confirming a second aircraft carrier will deploy to the region and saying regime change “seems to be the best thing.”
- A new U.S.–Iran nuclear session is scheduled in Geneva on Tuesday under Omani mediation, following the resumption of talks on Feb. 6 in Oman.
- Pahlavi urged Iranians to voice dissent from their homes as large pro-opposition rallies were held in cities abroad, even as the opposition remains divided over his leadership.