Foreign media: Trump's envoy held secret meeting with former Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi

White House envoy Steve Witkoff held a secret meeting with the former crown prince of Iran in exile, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the protests taking place in Iran, as foreign media reported tonight.

It was the first high-level meeting between the Iranian opposition and the Trump administration since the protests began 15 days ago. Pahlavi is trying to position himself to take on the role of a "transitional" leader if the regime falls.

Pahlavi, the son of the shah who was deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, leads an opposition faction from exile in the U.S. Over the past two weeks, Pahlavi has appeared on American television networks calling on the Trump administration to intervene in support of the protests.

Protests in Iran continued Tuesday in cities across the country. Death toll estimates have risen dramatically. Israel shared an estimate with the U.S. that at least 5,000 protesters had been killed during the protests./CNA

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