Overview
- German police put turnout between 200,000 and 250,000 at a Munich protest held alongside the security conference, the largest recent gathering of Iranian opposition supporters in Europe.
- Reza Pahlavi called a global day of action with demonstrations in Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto, and reiterated his offer to lead a two‑year transitional government before elections.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed talks with Pahlavi, with both condemning Iran’s supply and licensing of Shahed drones to Russia and urging stronger sanctions.
- President Donald Trump said regime change in Iran would be the best outcome and has increased U.S. military pressure, including deploying a second aircraft carrier to the region.
- Swiss officials confirmed Oman will mediate U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva next week as rights groups and Tehran report starkly different death tolls from January’s crackdown, with independent verification hindered by outages.