{"id":226,"date":"2026-03-19T17:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/?p=226"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:56:04","slug":"netanyahu-reza-pahlavi-has-been-a-force-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/netanyahu-reza-pahlavi-has-been-a-force-for-good\/226\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu: Reza Pahlavi Has Been a Force for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Iranian opposition leader Reza Pahlavi, calling him \u201ca force for good\u201d in a remark circulated on social media. The quote appeared in a tweet posted by Open Source Intel on March 19, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pahlavi, the son of Iran\u2019s former Shah, has long positioned himself as a critic of the Islamic Republic and a figure for Iranian political reform. Netanyahu\u2019s remark, as quoted in the tweet, adds to conversations about potential leadership figures outside Iran\u2019s current regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Netanyahu:<br><br>\u201cReza Pahlavi has been a force for good.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Ktamkyjc4\">pic.twitter.com\/8Ktamkyjc4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2034716116170240222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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