The son of the former shah appealed to Western countries to join the war against Iran and criticised the decision of the German government ​not to meet him during his visit to Berlin today (23 April), Reuters reported. 

Reza Pahlavi, whose father was deposed in the revolution that brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power in 1979, accused Europe of standing by and allowing the Tehran government to continue the ​bloody repression of protests that killed thousands at the end of last ​year.

"The question is not whether change will come. Change is on ⁠the way," he told a press conference in Berlin. "The real question is how ​many Iranians will lose their lives while the community of Western democracies continue ​to merely watch."