As Iran burns with its biggest uprising in decades, a secret meeting in the U.S. hints at a dangerous déjà vu. Reports reveal that Trump’s envoy quietly met Iran’s exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, marking Washington’s first high-level outreach to the opposition during the unrest. Pahlavi now urges Iranians to stay in the streets, echoing Trump’s promise that “help is on the way.” Inside the White House, officials weigh “non-kinetic” options. The moment feels hauntingly familiar. Is America dusting off the 1953 regime-change playbook?
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