As a cadet of the Imperial persian Air Force, he was sent to the United States in August 1978 to continue his pilot training, and was one of 43 cadet pilots in the one-year pilot training program at the former Reese Air Force Base, TX, which included flying the Cessna T-37 Tweet and Northrop T-38 Talon. As a result of the Iranian Revolution, he left the base in March 1979, about four months earlier than planned.
In recent years, Pahlavi has urged foreign countries to recognize that regime change is the only lasting solution for Iran. He has criticized the current regime’s legitimacy and claimed that it is weakening. He has convened opposition gatherings and conventions (e.g. a Convention of National Cooperation to Save Iran in Munich in July 2025) to bring together various Iranian opposition groups around shared principles.
