Prince Reza Pahlavi to attend Freedom Prize and Frankfurt Ostpark rally

Prince Reza Pahlavi's press office announced early on Saturday, 7 November 2026, that the Prince will still attend the Friedrich Naumann Foundation's Freedom Prize ceremony in Frankfurt and is determined to then join the large gathering of Iranians in the city's Ostpark. The announcement followed DIAR's earlier report that Frankfurt police had barred him from the rally.

According to the press office, Saturday's rally will go ahead as planned, and the Prince's team, in close cooperation with German security officials and police, is doing everything it can to make his presence among his supporters possible. The message answered questions from the media and concerns from compatriots who, after the news of the ban, had asked whether the event was cancelled or whether the Prince would be absent. It was also reposted on Prince Reza Pahlavi's official Telegram channel.

The Islamic Republic's threats and Saturday's programme

Yasmine Pahlavi had earlier said Frankfurt police would not allow the Prince to speak at his supporters' rally because of threats from the Islamic Republic. In an analysis of that decision, DIAR asked whether threats now decide who may speak in Germany. The press office's new message shows that, rather than dropping the plan, the Prince's team is pursuing his attendance through security coordination.

Saturday's programme begins with the 2026 Freedom Prize ceremony at Frankfurt's Paulskirche. The Naumann Foundation has awarded the prize to the people of Iran and asked Prince Reza Pahlavi to accept it in trust, to be handed one day to the freely elected representatives of the Iranian people. According to DIAR's earlier report, 24,000 people have registered for the Ostpark rally.

Prince Reza Pahlavi's team is working with German police to make his attendance at the Frankfurt Ostpark rally possible.