Exiled son of Iran's last Shah, Reza Pahlavi, calls for nationwide strikes

Exiled son of Iran's toppled Shah, Reza Pahlavi, called on Iranians to begin a nationwide strike. In a country with history of fragmented opposition to clerical rule, the son of the last shah who was toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution has emerged as a prominent voice abroad spurring on the protests. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of major cities across Iran on Friday night chanting 'Bring back Pahlavi!' as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to 'not back down'. Unconfirmed reports said more than 200 people had been shot dead in the capital Tehran.