The Economist
@TheEconomist·3.9M subscribers·1.5K videos
Iran’s former crown prince on its potential path to democracy
Posted
January 16, 2026
Views
22,606
Likes
612
Comments
404
Engagement
4.49%
January 16, 2026
22,606
612
404
4.49%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
9:14Now PlayingThe exiled son of Iran’s former shah says citizens are getting “butchered” by the regime and explains how he would plan to lead the country during a transition period.
In an interview with The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Reza Pahlavi said his role would be to act as a neutral arbiter, oversee free elections and then transfer power to an elected parliament.
Watch our latest Insider show on Iran here: econ.st/49YL67h
What the collapse of Iran would mean: econ.st/49EBmh5
America’s options in Iran: econ.st/49TaDib
Bereft of legitimacy, the reeling regime in Iran massacres its own people: econ.st/4sFufxX
Sign up to our weekly newsletter
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
