ERIC: WELL THE IRANIAN
AUTHORITIES ARE DECLARING THE
END OF THE DEADLY UNREST BUT THE
OPPOSITION IN IRAN IS NOT AT ALL
BEEN KILLED AT LEAST 1000 OTHERS
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN STREET
DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE
SINCE THE SO-CALLED GREED
MOVEMENT BACK IN 2009.
JOINING US NOW FROM WASHINGTON
OF IRAN, HE'S THE SON OF THE SHA
H OF IRAN AND NOW A HUMAN
RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRINCE WELCOME
TO FOX NEWS CHANNEL TODAY.
>> HELLO ERIC GOOD TO BE WITH
AS YOU JUST REFERRED TO WE HAD
AN INTERVIEW AND YOU CALLED FOR
THIS VERY TYPE OF PROTEST, CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE THAT YOU LIKE EN TO
THE SIMILAR FREEDOM MOVEMENTS
LIKE NELSON MANDELLA IN SOUTH
AFRICA, THE FALL OF THE BERLIN
WALL AND COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET
IN IRAN?
CAREFULLY, YOU SEE THAT IN MOST
CASES, THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN
THAT WOULD GIVE A PRE-TEXT FOR
THE REGIME TO COME AND CRACK
DOWN ON THEM EVEN MORE.
THE REASON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO HAVE A MOVEMENT THAT IS BASED
ON NON-VIOLENCE CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE IS BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T GIVE YOU A SENSE OF A
RESULT OF VENGENCE OR ANY KIND
OF SETTLING OF SCORES.
WHAT WE NEED IS A PHILOSOPHY OF
NATIONAL AMNESTY AND
RECONCILIATION.
WE SPOKE IS THE ROLE OF THE
MILITARY FORCES.
I SENT A MESSAGE TO THE MILITARY
FORCES A FEW DAYS AGO ASKING
THEM TO REALIZE THEIR ROLE IN
THIS EXIT STRATEGY HAS TO BE
PROVIDED AND AGAIN NON-VIOLENCE
IS YET AN EARLY INDICATION THAT
SO THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF STANDING UP TO A REGIME THAT
IS USING REPRESSION.
ERIC: DO YOU THINK THE MILITARY
WOULD REALLY PUT THEIR ARMS DOWN
I MEAN THEY'RE USING IT AGAINST
THE PEOPLE, SHOOTING
DEMONSTRATORS ACCORDING TO THE
REPORTS AND AS WE REPORTED TODAY
, THE REGIME IS CLAIMING
VICTORY.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DOUBT THAT
THE MILITARY HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH IT.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENTS
STILL OF THE IRGC THAT MAY BE
FOREIGN NATIONALS TO DO THE
DIRTY JOB FOR THEM.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN IRANIANS.
THE POINT IS IT WILL COME A TIME
WHERE THAT SHIFT WILL OCCUR.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE
CAN FROM OUR END A, TO MAINTAIN
THE MOMENTUM TO BE OF HELP TO
OUR FELLOWS AND THE FORMATION OF
A BROAD CORRELATION OF LIBERAL
DEMOCRATIC SECULAR FORCES TODAY
IS KEY AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE
LEADERSHIP NOW NEEDS TO TAKE THE
COUNTRY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE BRAVELY
STANDING AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE, MOST OF THEM ARE
EXTREMELY YOUNG, LIKE MY
CHILDREN AND GUESS WHAT?
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR
DECADES THAT THIS GENERATION IS
CALLING ME FATHER SO I REALLY
FEEL LIKE I HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN AND WE
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN SO
ERIC: WE WERE AT THIS POINT
BEFORE DURING 2009 DURING THE
GREEN REVOLUTION AND PRESIDENT
OBAMA WAS CRITICIZED FOR NOT
COMING OUT AT FIRST STRONGLY
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE PROTESTERS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN VERY
STRONG ON THAT . WHAT SHOULD THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHAT
SHOULD AMERICANS DO TO IN YOUR
VIEW ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF
DEMONSTRATIONS?
>> AMERICA IS PERHAPS THE MOST
IMPORTANT DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY ON
THE PLANET WHICH IS NATURAL WHY
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MANY
EXPECTATIONS FROM AMERICA AND
WHOEVER IS THE LEADERSHIP OF
THIS COUNTRY AT ANY TIME.
I THINK AMERICA HOPEFULLY WITH
MANY DEMOCRATIC ALLIES WOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT AS A MATTER OF
EMPOWERMENT IT IS CRITICAL TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT TODAY
NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHANGE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY WHEN
YOU'RE DEALING WITH A REPRESS
EVER REGIME SO ANY MESSAGE OF
SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT WILL BE
GREATLY USEFUL AND HELPFUL AND
EMPOWERING AND INVIGORATING
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
FACING A TOTALITARIAN STATE
THERE ARE EBBS AND FLOWS IN HOW
LONG PEOPLE CAN SUSTAIN PROTESTS
ERIC: SO QUICKLY WHAT CAN WE DO?
>> WELL THERE'S SOME AREAS FOR
INSTANCE ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES
AS OF LATE WITH COMMUNICATION SO
PEOPLE CAN HAVE MASSIVE
COMMUNICATION AND TALKING ABOUT
INTERNET ACCESS, I'M TALKING
ABOUT THE FILTERING THAT THE
REGIME IS TRYING TO DO AND SOME
ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THAT
PART.
I HOPE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
PARTICULAR WILL UNDERSTAND THAT
THE IDEA OF THE TRAVEL BAN NO
LONGER MAKES SENSE.
A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO COME AND GO TO BE OF
HELP HERE AND THERE AND
BASICALLY INSTEAD OF PUNISHING
IRANIAN CITIZENS WHERE ON YOUR
SIDE YOU BETTER THINK OF
LIMITING THE TRAVELING OF THE
REGIME ELEMENT RATHER THAN THE
IRANIAN PEOPLE.
ERIC: HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL
WITH THE PEOPLE WINNING.
THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS LONG
REGIONAL STABILITY AND SECURITY,
HAVE OUR COUNTRY OR OUR
SEPARATION RELIGION FROM STATE A
LITTLE BIT LIKE EUROPE AFTER THE
INQUISITION AND LICENSE AND IRAN
HAS GONE TO AN ISLAMIC
INQUISITION.
ERIC: NOW WE'RE UP AGAINST THE