{"id":200467,"date":"2026-02-15T05:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/200000-people-protest-against-iran-regime-as-world-leaders-gather-nearby-sky-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T05:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T05:41:04","slug":"200000-people-protest-against-iran-regime-as-world-leaders-gather-nearby-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/200000-people-protest-against-iran-regime-as-world-leaders-gather-nearby-sky-news\/","title":{"rendered":"200,000 people protest against Iran regime as world leaders gather nearby &#8211; Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The protests followed a call by Iran&#8217;s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran.<br \/>Saturday 14 February 2026 19:09, UK<br \/>Around 200,000 people demonstrated against the Iranian regime on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders on Saturday.<br \/>The protests followed a call by Iran&#8217;s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran.<br \/>US President Donald Trump said regime change in Iran <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/trump-says-iran-regime-change-would-be-the-best-thing-that-could-happen-13507377\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;would be the best thing that could happen&#8221;<\/a>,<\/strong> as American military elements continue to gather in the region.<br \/>While world leaders gathered for the Munich Security Conference, demonstrators nearby banged drums and chanted for the overthrow of the Iranian government.<br \/>The large and boisterous gathering in the German city was part of what Mr Pahlavi described as a &#8220;global day of action&#8221; to support Iranians in the wake of deadly nationwide protests.<br \/>&#8220;Change, change, regime change&#8221; chanted the crowd.<br \/>Many waved green, white and red flags with lion and sun emblems &#8211; the flag Iran used before its 1979 Islamic Revolution which toppled the Pahlavi dynasty.<br \/>                   Trump says Iran regime change would be the &#8216;best thing that could happen&#8217;                 <br \/>                   The price of speaking out against the Iranian regime                 <br \/>                   Former spy chief on Mandelson, Ukraine, China and Trump                 <br \/><strong>Read more: <\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/reza-pahlavi-who-is-irans-exiled-crown-prince-encouraging-anti-government-protests-13492713\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Who is Iran&#8217;s exiled crown prince encouraging protests?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Others in the crowd waved placards showing Mr Pahlavi &#8211; some that called him a king.<br \/>Mr Pahlavi, 65, has urged protesters to take to the streets, helping to transform what started as grievances over the Islamic Republic&#8217;s weakened economy into a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/death-penalty-threat-as-irans-supreme-leader-says-protesters-ruining-country-to-please-trump-13492262\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>legitimate threat to the country&#8217;s theocracy<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>At a news conference in Munich, he warned of the likelihood of more deaths in Iran if &#8220;democracies stand by and watch&#8221;.<br \/>&#8220;We gather at an hour of profound peril to ask: Will the world stand with the people of Iran?&#8221; he asked.<br \/>He added that the Iranian government&#8217;s continued survival &#8220;sends a clear signal to every bully: kill enough people and you stay in power&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPZEQzek9kUE1ZSzZuMEdmNUNuRnZPSXVkZmVCeDhqMm5nR2pISUdpTUk3NHpSMjJJLUNBVE5pZnE0NmZEN2dQeWlOV0FTNjhOdG91eXR5dTdFQUJhSmx0ZEtMdWZqVEltVFBYQlI0OHBaODNqUmU5dnNZVTBJRkZEQjVQT2ZJbjJiZlZjR1VOVGZPdWw5NFMtZzBxOXpub19Dd0k4eHEwQ3d4R3lXbVE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The protests followed a call by Iran&#8217;s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran.Saturday 14 February 2026 19:09, UKAround 200,000 people demonstrated against the Iranian regime on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders on Saturday.The protests followed a call by Iran&#8217;s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}