“What we now see in Afghanistan and Iraq must teach us a lesson. The Iranian problem has a peaceful solution to it.”

—  Reza Pahlavi

As quoted by Nadezhda Popova, Reza Pahalavi, Son Of The Last Shah Of Iran: “No War Is Needed – We Will Topple This Regime Ourselves” http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=22&page=6, Izvetsiya, May 29, 2006.
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