The Making of a Leader in Mossad’s Laboratories: What Is Being Planned for Iran?
NYN | Reports and Analyses
The recent activities of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, appear to be the latest face of a familiar Israeli-American scheme aimed at dragging Iran back into the orbit of Western dominance.
Pahlavi—who has not set foot in Iran in 45 years and whose father had well-documented ties with both Mossad and the CIA—has recently emerged publicly speaking of “international discussions for regime change” in Tehran, under the pretext of promoting democracy. Yet, he does not conceal the fact that he is a willing instrument in the hands of Tel Aviv and Washington.
Two years ago, Reza met with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and stood alongside Zionist figures during Holocaust memorial ceremonies. He neither speaks the language of the Iranian people nor understands their pulse. Rather, he clearly embodies Tel Aviv’s dream of reviving the Shah era—when Iran served as America’s policeman in the Gulf and Israel’s eyes in the heart of the region.
A Futile Attempt to Turn Back the Clock
This recycled project—linking Pahlavi’s calls for defections within Iran’s security forces with Netanyahu’s statements about “changing the regime, not the people”—reveals Israel’s true goal. It is not simply about confronting Tehran, but rather dismantling its sovereign, resistant structure and replacing it with a compliant regime that would reopen an Israeli embassy in Tehran and rewrite history.
However, what Washington and Tel Aviv fail to grasp is that today’s Iran is not the Iran of pre-1979. Tehran is no longer ruled from royal palaces, but is anchored in a popular base rooted in a sovereign and ideological doctrine shaped by a long-standing struggle against colonialism and foreign domination.
The Mask Falls: No Sectarianism When the Ruler Is a Client
When Iran was under the Shah, sectarianism was never a concern—neither in the Gulf nor in Washington. The Shah was nominally a Shiite, yet he was never labeled a “threat,” simply because he opened the doors wide for American influence and Israeli support.
But when Tehran rose up and raised the Palestinian flag over the former Israeli embassy, religion suddenly became a pretext, sectarianism a danger, and the Islamic Republic an “enemy” that had to be brought down.
Israel Dreams of the Past While the East Shapes the Future
What Israel seeks today through its new “Pahlavi” is to resurrect a past that no longer exists—at a time when the balance of power is shifting.
American decision-making is no longer absolute. Israeli influence is no longer immune to deterrence. From Gaza to Sana’a, from South Lebanon to Baghdad, a resistance—both grassroots and governmental—is taking shape, and it cannot be dismantled with a press release or a backroom deal between a political exile and an occupying power.
Recklessness Comes at a Cost—And Pahlavi Is Not the Future
Reza Pahlavi’s claims about the “weakness of the Iranian regime” are nothing more than wishful thinking and the delusions of a man who believes that visiting the occupying entity makes him fit to lead a people that have stood against empires, endured decades of sanctions, invasions, and terrorism.
Betting on this project will not bring about “democracy,” as claimed, but will instead usher in chaos, war, and regional fragmentation—turning entire populations into fuel for conflicts that serve no one but Washington and Tel Aviv.
The Iraqi lesson is still fresh. The same lie is being repeated. Nuclear weapons are once again a pretext—not to protect anyone, but to dismantle resistant states.
What they fail to see is that the East is changing. The unipolar world order is crumbling. And the voice of the people is louder than the whispers in Western hotel rooms.
