India, March 1 -- Iran's exiled former crown prince Reza Pahlavi reacted to claims surrounding the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declaring that the Islamic Republic has "effectively come to an end."

In a statement posted on X and translated from Persian, Pahlavi described Khamenei as "the bloodthirsty Zahhak of our time" and "the killer of tens of thousands of Iran's bravest sons and daughters."

He wrote that Khamenei had been "erased from the pages of history" and said the regime would soon be "consigned to the dustbin of history."

Pahlavi warned that any move by regime insiders to appoint a successor would fail. "Any attempt by the remnants of the regime to appoint a successor to Khamenei is doomed to failure from t...