Yasmine Pahlavi, the wife of Prince Reza Pahlavi, said on Friday, 6 November 2026, that Frankfurt police had told her and Prince Reza Pahlavi that they cannot attend or speak at the rally of supporters of Iran's national revolution in the city on Saturday, 7 November. According to her, the police cited the Islamic Republic's threat of violence against the crowd.
Yasmine Pahlavi said the police told them that if Prince Reza Pahlavi appeared at the rally, the Islamic Republic might retaliate by targeting innocent people in the crowd. She expressed her respect for the police officers but asked whether political considerations had also played a part in the decision. In her Persian-language message she wrote that the Islamic Republic must not be allowed to export its repression to Europe. Frankfurt police had not responded to media requests for comment by the time this report was published.
A 30,000-strong rally and the Freedom Prize
On Saturday, Prince Reza Pahlavi is due to accept the Friedrich Naumann Foundation's 2026 Freedom Prize at Frankfurt's Paulskirche in trust on behalf of the people of Iran; it is the first time in the prize's history that it has been awarded to a nation. According to local German media, 30,000 people have registered for his supporters' rally in Frankfurt's Ostpark, and around 24,000 are expected to march from the Römerberg square to the rally site. The city of Frankfurt had moved the rally from the Weseler Werft riverbank to the Ostpark for safety reasons.
This is the second time in a single day that the Islamic Republic's threats against Prince Reza Pahlavi's appearances in Europe have come to light. Earlier, Theo Francken, Belgium's defence minister, said the Islamic Republic had tried to stop a speech by Prince Reza Pahlavi through threats. This week in Brussels, Prince Reza Pahlavi met members of the European Parliament, including Tomáš Zdechovský, and Belgian ministers.
A history of security incidents in Germany
Prince Reza Pahlavi's invitation to the Munich Security Conference in February 2025 was withdrawn after the organisers consulted the German government. In April 2026, after a press conference in Berlin, a man threw a red liquid at him, and German police arrested the man. Last February, more than 250,000 people, according to German police, joined the Munich rally held at his call.
Citing the Islamic Republic's threats, Frankfurt police have barred Prince Reza Pahlavi from addressing a rally of 30,000 of his supporters.
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