Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of Iran, urged the Obama administration today to focus on the “lack of political freedom and human rights” in Iran in its ongoing review of policy. His remarks at the Nixon Center in Washington were, in effect, an appeal to the new administration not to concentrate solely on the major security issues involving Iran—its nuclear program, alleged support for terrorism, and regional power ambitions. Pahlavi, son of the late shah of Iran, acknowledged that sentiment in Washington for launching a dialogue with Iran’s hard-line rulers is growing. But the administration should also “open a line of dialogue with the democratic opposition,” he said.
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