Reza Pahlavi receives EJA award, warns against Iran's global reach at Auschwitz memorial ceremony

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was honored with the prestigious King Solomon Award during the European Jewish Association (EJA) memorial dinner in Krakow, Poland, on Monday evening ahead of its delegation to Auschwitz. The annual conference gathered international diplomats, Jewish community leaders, and journalists to address rising antisemitism and global security threats. Accepting the recognition, Pahlavi reflected on the historic ties between the Persian and Jewish peoples while emphasizing the shared responsibility of democratic nations to confront contemporary tyranny and ideological extremism across the globe.Islamic Regime wants to 'finish what Hitler has done,' Pahlavi warnsEarlier on Monday, Pahlavi addressed reporters and international delegates at an EJA press conference, warning that the current regime in Tehran poses an active, existential menace to global stability and human dignity. Framing the ruling Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) apparatus as a unique threat requiring decisive action, he drew a direct lineage between historical fascism and the ideology behind the current Iranian regime.He cautioned that the international community is repeating the fatal error of ignoring explicitly stated genocidal intentions."When you hear 'never again,' this regime, in its viral sense, wants to finish what Hitler has done," Pahlavi stated emphatically, stressing that "you have a regime that has the combination of the three worst forms of governments all at once.