Khamenei using people as shield while hiding like a rat, exiled prince says

Iran’s exiled crown prince accused Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of using the Iranian people as human shields while hiding “like a rat in an underground tunnel,” saying he alone bears responsibility for dragging the country into the current conflict with Israel.

"What angers me further is that he is using my compatriots as a human shield, while he is currently hiding in some underground tunnel like a rat," PahlaviReza said in an interview with Fox News. "This is not the Iranian people’s war. It is Ali Khamenei’s war, and he is solely and ultimately responsible for having brought us to this stage."

Pahlavi added that senior Iranian government officials have already sent their families abroad. “We have had reports that senior members and officials have already had their families fleeing the country to foreign destinations,” he said.