Prince Reza Pahlavi Formally Blocked For a Second Time From Attending the Munich Security Conference by the German Government
Late last night Prince Reza Pahlavi's communications team received the below statement from the Munich Security Conference:
"Iranian opposition figures and representatives of the Iranian civil society have been regular guests at the MSC. Reza Pahlavi was last in Munich in 2023. Masih Alinejad, who has also been a guest at the Security Conference in the past, has been invited to MSC 2025.
The MSC Chairman, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, had also already informally invited Mr. Pahlavi to MSC 2025. After consultation with the German government, Mr Heusgen decided not to formalize the invitation to Mr Pahlavi."
This statement confirms that the German government has directly intervened to block Prince Reza Pahlavi's attendance at the conference under direct pressure from the Islamic Republic.
The statement also proves that previous statements by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made to the media insisting that invitations to MSC were decided independently and that the Foreign Ministry did not interfere to block the Prince’s attendance were lies.
However today’s statement from the MSC is misleading in its claim that its invitation to the Price was “informal”.
The conference’s own statement from less than one week ago clearly stated that Reza Pahlavi had indeed been invited to the Munich Security Conference:
MSC Statement to the media on February 7th: "As a matter of principle, the MSC does not comment on internal deliberations on invitation policy.
As in the past, the voices of Iranian civil society and opposition will be represented at MSC 2025.
In this case we can confirm that the invitation to Mr Pahlavi to MSC 2025 will be maintained."
Formally blocked by the German government from doing so under pressure from the Islamic Republic, Prince Reza Pahlavi will now not attend the Munich Security Conference.
But the Iranian people are strong. They will prevail and triumph. This foreign intervention will inspire Iranians to redouble their efforts to liberate Iran.
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