Prince Reza Pahlavi said at the ceremony of receiving the 2026 Freedom Prize of the "Friedrich Neumann" Foundation on behalf of the Iranian people: "No Iranian wants to drop bombs on his country, and I am against these two-sided solutions, meaning war or reconciliation." Prince Reza Pahlavi continued: "After the killing of the demonstrators and in great pain, we had to accept that military pressure is a way to weaken the regime and give an opportunity to the Iranian people." Prince Reza Pahlavi added: "Instead of reconciliation or war, I have always defended the third way, which is based on exerting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic and at the same time providing maximum support to the Iranian people." However, year after year, the world chose the policy of appeasement." He added: "The Islamic Republic is not the legitimate government of Iran and is the opposite of everything that the Iranian people represent." Prince Reza Pahlavi added: "My role is to help democracy in Iran to establish itself in a safe and healthy way and to endure; if I can contribute to the realization of this goal, I have done my duty."

Prince Reza Pahlavi said at the ceremony of receiving the 2026 Freedom Prize of the "Friedrich Neumann" Foundation on behalf of the Iranian people: "No Iranian wants to drop bombs on his country, and I am against these two-sided solutions, meaning war or reconciliation." Prince Reza Pahlavi continued: "After the killing of the demonstrators and in great pain, we had to accept that military pressure is a way to weaken the regime and give an opportunity to the Iranian people." Prince Reza Pahlavi added: "Instead of reconciliation or war, I have always defended the third way, which is based on exerting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic and at the same time providing maximum support to the Iranian people." However, year after year, the world chose the policy of appeasement." He added: "The Islamic Republic is not the legitimate government of Iran and is the opposite of everything that the Iranian people represent." Prince Reza Pahlavi added: "My role is to help democracy in Iran to establish itself in a safe and healthy way and to endure; if I can contribute to the realization of this goal, I have done my duty."