Washington DC, March 9 -- Following the appointment of a new Supreme Leader for Iran by the country's Assembly of Experts, exiled crown prince of the country Reza Pahlavi on Monday called on the Islamic Republic's military to lay down arms and join the Iranian people against the current regime, saying those who stand with the people now will have a place in a "free Iran".

In a post on X, Pahlavi said the Iranian people broadly support efforts by the United States and Israel to weaken the Islamic Republic's security apparatus, while accusing the leadership of using civilians as "human shields."

"The American and Israeli resolve to decimate the Revolutionary Guards and dismantle the Islamic Republic's infrastructure of terror has the broa...