Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, told Politico that at least 50,000 government and military insiders have registered with his defection platform to help topple the Islamic Republic.

“There’s tens of thousands — the last estimate is over 50,000 at least, maybe more,” Politico quoted Pahlavi as saying in an interview published on Saturday, adding that his office is giving priority to those within key state institutions.

He said his team is working to verify identities and assess the credibility of registrants. A second site for civilian supporters is expected to go live in the coming weeks.

Pahlavi to convene opposition conference in Munich

The Convention of National Cooperation, scheduled for Saturday in Munich, is expected to bring together around 500 regime opponents from inside and outside the country. Pahlavi said it will be “perhaps the largest gathering ever” of anti-regime voices since the 1979 revolution, aiming to project unity among opposition groups and reach audiences inside Iran via smuggled internet services, such as Starlink.

He said all participants back three core principles: preserving Iran’s territorial integrity, defending individual freedoms and equality, and separating religion from the state.