Reza Pahlavi, the controversial exiled son of Iran’s last shah, was splattered with red paint during a visit to Germany on Thursday when an activist confronted him over his stance on the Iran war, Anadolu reports.
After he left the Federal Press Conference in central Berlin and walked toward a waiting car with security, the activist approached and threw the liquid, which hit the back of his neck and shoulders, video from the scene showed.
Police restrained the suspect and took the person into custody. Pahlavi then got into his vehicle and left the area.
Earlier in the day, Pahlavi reiterated support for US and Israeli strikes on Iran, calling the military campaign a “humanitarian intervention” necessary to overthrow the current regime.
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“The targeting of the regime’s infrastructure and its elements of coercion was absolutely something that the Iranian people actually called for,” he told reporters at a press conference.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government did not grant Pahlavi a meeting, a decision he sharply criticized as “a shame.” He said he met with several parliamentarians to brief them on plans for a “transitional government.”
Conservative lawmaker Armin Laschet, chair of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, was among those who met Pahlavi, according to media reports. Laschet had previously defended the planned meeting, saying Pahlavi was a relevant interlocutor.
The opposition Left Party, however, slammed the politicians who met with Pahlavi, saying it raised doubts about “whether key representatives of German politics have a genuine interest in real democratic development in Iran.”
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