India, Jan. 11 -- As Iranians took to streets over the past few days of intensified uprising against the clerical government and its handling of the economy, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran has emerged as a prominent voice. In fact, his repeated calls against the Islamic regime led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei renewed the protests that have kept Iran simmering since December 28.

Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran's last Shah or king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The family fled Iran in 1979, months before the Islamic Revolution that marked the end of the monarchy in Iran.

The prince, Pahlavi, is seeking to speak as a national leader, even though he has never set his foot in the country in over 40 years following the Islamic Revol...