The Honorable President of the United States of America

Dear President Donald J. Trump

We, the undersigned, free-minded Iranian citizens in the United States of America and throughout the world, hereby submit this formal petition to Your Excellency with the utmost urgency and profound concern.

In recent days and weeks, the Iranian nation has risen in a nationwide, unified, and historic uprising all over Iran against the Islamic Republic regime. These peaceful protests have been met with an unprecedented, organized, and bloody campaign of repression, carried out alongside a total shutdown of the internet and all communications in an effort to conceal the regime’s crimes. Forces operating under the direct command of Ali Khamenei, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other repression units, have opened live fire on defenseless protesters. Credible reports, despite severe censorship, indicate large-scale civilian massacres, with thousands of victims believed to have been killed.

Despite Your Excellency’s prior warnings and stated positions, Ali Khamenei and the repressive structure of the Islamic Republic have not only ignored those warnings, but have expanded the scope and intensity of violence and killing. The complete media blackout and communications shutdown are themselves clear evidence of the regime’s intent to continue these crimes without international scrutiny.

In this national uprising demanding regime change, the Iranian people have clearly declared their political alternative. Nationwide chants across cities throughout Iran demonstrate that the people have accepted Prince Reza Pahlavi as the national leader of this historic national revolution and the transition and are demanding the transfer of power in order to establish a national, secular system of governance based on the will and vote of the people.

We, the undersigned, in view of:

 • the immediate danger of continued mass killing of civilians;

 • the total internet shutdown aimed at concealing crimes against humanity;

 • the blatant disregard for official warnings issued by the United States; and

 • the existence of a clearly identified national leadership supported by the people;

explicitly and with full responsibility declare and respectfully request that Your Excellency:

 1. Authorize and implement all necessary forms of assistance, including military, intelligence, operational, and deterrent support, to defend the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic’s machinery of repression and to immediately halt the ongoing massacre of civilians.

 2. Employ the full capacities of the United States of America to weaken and disable the Islamic Republic’s repression structures, both inside Iran and abroad, particularly its networks and operatives active within the United States.

 3. By recognizing the clearly expressed will of the Iranian people, meet with Prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of the National Revolution and the transitional period, and formally declare the United States’ official and practical support for his efforts to bring an end to the rule of the Islamic Republic.

We emphasize that this request arises from the will of the Iranian people themselves, a nation that has risen on its own for freedom and now seeks effective, real, and practical support from Your Excellency to bring an end to one of the most violent regimes of the modern era.

History, at this decisive moment, will judge whether the United States as the symbol of the Free World stood alongside the people of Iran or remained a silent observer to their continued massacre.

Kind Regards,

The Undersigned Petitioners