India, Jan. 12 -- Iran's exiled former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi on Sunday (local time) issued a direct appeal to US President Donald Trump, asking him to help make the country "great again"

The 65-year-old praised Trump as a "man of peace" and urged continued support for the Iranian people in their "fight for freedom" against the regime headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Pahlavi asserted that the Iranian people would emerge as the US's key partner for peace and prosperity following what he described as the fall of the current regime.

"Mr President, you have already forged a legacy as a man of peace. Your words of solidarity have given Iranians the strength to fight for freedom. And while Khamenei and his thugs call for "...