Prince Reza Pahlavi's Message Following the Attack on Bampur Garrison: Do Not Risk Your Lives for the Survival of the Islamic Republic

While the Islamic Republic's warmongers hide in Tehran and their safe havens, they have abandoned conscript soldiers and young troops in defenseless garrisons, without even the means to protect them. This regime has once again shown that when forced to choose between the lives of Iran's sons and its own survival, it will always choose its own survival.

The Islamic Republic has imposed this war on the Iranian nation, and the responsibility for the lives of all its victims, including the soldiers at Bampur garrison, rests with this very regime. We all wish for peace, security, and tranquility for all Iranians, but as long as this regime remains in power, neither lasting security nor genuine peace is possible.

This criminal regime is more concerned with preserving Hezbollah in Lebanon and its other proxy forces in the region than with the safety of the Iranian people. For this regime, the survival of its terrorist arms matters more than the security and lives of the people of Ahvaz, Zahedan, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar, and all of Iran.

So I speak to Iran's soldiers, officers, and all patriotic forces: do not risk your lives for the survival of the Islamic Republic. Your oath is to Iran, not to a regime whose leaders flee in moments of danger and leave you defenseless and abandoned.

I extend my deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the conscript soldiers who lost their lives in the recent attacks on Islamic Republic military installations, and I ask the families of all conscripts to do everything in their power to prevent their children from being sent to serve under these dangerous conditions. No mother or father should send their child to garrisons that have today become killing fields rather than places of service and duty.

These young people are the children of this land, not human shields for the Islamic Republic. They should not pay with their lives for the survival of a failing government.

I also sincerely thank the noble people of Iranshahr and Zahedan who rushed to donate blood and assist the wounded soldiers of Bampur garrison. This national solidarity is a reminder of the truth that the Iranian people, even in their darkest days, do not abandon their own children.

Iran needs its children alive, to build a future that is free, prosperous, and proud.