Iran's exiled crown prince and son of the last Shah, Reza Pahlavi, wrote on X that "Iran stands on the verge of a major and historic transformation, and the decisive factor at this moment remains the will and conscious action of the Iranian people." Regarding the possibility of a military strike on the country, he wrote: "Now, when the likelihood of such intervention is higher than ever, military and police commanders – and especially army commanders and other senior officials whose hands are not stained with the nation's blood – have a limited opportunity to separate themselves from the criminal regime."