Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi calls for ‘day of action’ on February 14

In a statement posted Monday on social media platform X, the exiled opposition leader called on Iranians abroad and supporters worldwide to gather in major cities.

Alex Winston / THE JERUSALEM POST 

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has issued a call for mass demonstrations across the globe on February 14, designating the date as a "Global Day of Action" in support of what he termed Iran's "Lion-and-Sun Revolution."

In a statement posted Monday on social media platform X, the exiled opposition leader called on Iranians abroad and supporters worldwide to gather in major cities, including Munich, Los Angeles, and Toronto, to pressure the international community into taking concrete action against the Islamic Republic.

Pahlavi, son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, has emerged as the most prominent voice among the Iranian opposition in the diaspora advocating for regime change.

His call to action outlined six specific demands directed at Western governments and international bodies. 

“Our six demands are clear:

1. Dismantle the regime’s machinery of repression and protect the people of Iran

‘Grassroots’ anti-ICE campaigns funded by left-wing billionaire donors: sources

Chadwick Moore / NEW YORK POST

It’s the same dark money, with new signs.

Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” efforts organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.

A so-called “ICE Out” march drew an estimated 15,000 left-wing political activists to a frozen, snow-covered Minneapolis on Friday, with attendees chanting “ICE out now” and demanding an end to federal immigration enforcement in the city.

Although framed as a spontaneous uprising of concerned, everyday people, the demonstration — like countless that have regularly metastasized during President Trump’s terms — featured a familiar cast of politically obsessed activists and terminally online characters.

They organize on radical message boards and encrypted texting apps, but are backed by funds created by radical leftist billionaires...Read more, see photos, and video here.

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Op-ed:

On Minneapolis Behaving Badly 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google   

By now we're all familiar with the recent and justified deadly shooting by ICE agents of 37-year old armed protester Alex Pretti, and how the protest grew by hundreds almost immediately upon his death. Now turning into damaging and destructive riots in some areas of the city, these folks were egged on in their endeavors by their own Minnesota Governor Tim Walz who, during a press conference, told the protesters/rioters to film everything they see ICE agents doing on their cell phones so that it can be used against said agents in what are sure to come future prosecutions promised by their governor.

Simply, as per Tim Waltz, the ICE agents are the bad guys, the protesters/rioters are the good guys who have been tasked by their governor to garner the needed proof to not only rid the city of those who are federal agents just doing the job they were tasked to do, but to act as both their judge and ever biased jury while it's they themselves who are the actual law breakers, Governor Tim Waltz most assuredly included.

So who, for the most part, comprises the crowd behaving badly, but predominately liberally indoctrinated white youth who probably come from middle to upper middle class families... those now labeled as the Gen-Z generation...the generation born between the 1990s - 2010s, with a scattering of millennials, Gen-Xers, and even a small handful of “Baby Boomers” thrown into the protesting mix for good or should I say bad measure. Sure there are some black folks protesting as well, but their numbers don't come close to matching that of mid-20 to 40-something white youth...youth probably without or in between jobs now having no true sense of purpose...youth whose on display actions are akin to that of a two year old child in the mist of a temper tantrum simply because they either didn’t get their way or they see the violence and mayhem as a means to get more “clicks” on their Instagram,YouTube, or Facebook pages.

And know that some of those involved are most surely bought and paid for professional agitators who actually make a living by instigating and causing trouble...and it's trouble fueled on by hate...hate for this country and hate for those who love her...read those of us on the “political right” here. And I surmise that, in regards to Minneapolis, that this is where some of George Soro's “dirty money” might well now come into play, while at the same time said money is likely also being used on the campus of UCLA, where once again we see Palestinian supporting, anti-Israel, antisemitic, pro-islamic students organizing protest rallies calling for a “global intifada.” And while UCLA now is its base point, the protest organizers hope its message of violence and hate spreads outward across all major U.S. college campuses and cities until the entirety of these United States becomes basically at war with itself.

What a sad commentary indeed when right becomes wrong and wrong becomes right...when American citizens turn against not just their fellow citizens, but against those whose duty it is to protect “We the People” from harm. And in the case of Minneapolis...in the case of Minnesota itself...wrong has taken on an even more sinister meaning. How so...because when American citizens...when a governor is derelict in his sworn duty to protect both the Constitution and his state's citizens in favor of those who do not belong in this country in the first place...as in those who knowingly and willingly either broke our laws to get here or who chose to stay here passed their time allotted...we as a nation are facing some serious problems.

And those problems are compounded especially when those tasked with protecting us...as in the ICE agents sent to Minneapolis...not only become the enemy of the people though no fault of their own...which the leftist controlled media and talking heads must share part of the blame in...but whose hoped for physical demise becomes not just a cause for celebration, but is a goal some of the protesters outwardly strive for.

Remember, the protests in Minneapolis started in early January of this year when 2,000 federal agents from both ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement} and HSI (Homeland Security Investigation) were deployed to Minneapolis to conduct what was, as per the media, “the largest immigration operation ever”...an operation to find and arrest “undocumented immigrants”...rightfully known as“illegals”...specifically those with existing deportation orders and/or criminal records...a job said agents were legally tasked to do,

And this still ongoing operation started almost immediately after widespread fraud was discovered and publicly exposed...specifically fraud involving federal child care, nutrition, and pandemic aid programs within Minnesota's large Somali community ...a community overrun with immigration fraud...a community known for giving “sanctuary” to criminals and illegal aliens along with those who support them and their actions. And it's also a community not only represented in Congress by the openly America-hating, brother marrying, Ilhan Omar...but it's a community Governor Waltz and his people have long chosen to defend and cover for, probably for no other reason than to throw a blanket over their personal kick-back growing bank accounts....with federally tasked officers lives be damned.

And in an attempt to add fuel to these smoldering fires of hate...hate for America that is...Barack Hussein Obama, the man I believe to be the root cause of almost all the problems we as as a country face today, had to throw his two-cents into the mix saying that the fatal “lawless and cruel” shooting of 37-year old Alex Pretti is a “heartbreaking tragedy" and a "wake-up call to every American." And Obama said this while ignoring the fact that not only had Pretti had a previous altercation with ICE agents the week before, but that while Pretti did have a legally obtained license to carry a firearm, he came to the protest not only with his firearm fully loaded, but with two extra fully loaded magazines as well. For personal defense...no way...to take part in a massacre of ICE agents is the more likely scenario, in my opinion.

  

And while that alone is indeed a “wake-up call” in regards to what were Pretti's true intentions, I do believe that as per previous actions taken by Mr. “If I had a son...” Barack Obama, that he does not see Pretti of any of the protesters/rioters as having done anything wrong.

Why so...because Obama's own words say it all. Saying that he believes the ICE agents tactics used in Minneapolis were "designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger residents,” I, on the other hand, see the ICE agents actions as rightfully being within the parameter of the law...“statutory law”... as in laws formally enacted by a federal or legislative body, and signed by either the president or a given state's governor...like the “Insurrection Act” of 1807...an act which thankfully is still on the books today.

I also believe that that the protesters current defiant, non-peaceful, and increasingly violent actions taken against the federally deployed ICE agents clearly do not meet the Constitutional definition regarding the right of citizens to “peacefully assemble,” and thus these folks should be legally deemed “domestic terrorists”...“terrorists” who should be locked up in jail cells awaiting trial for “insurrection,” along with their governor and Minneapolis' mayor, no matter their recent so-called “constructive” phone conversation with President Trump.

And why...because history has shown that incidents of violence do tend to increase when local government officials either egg said violence on or simply choose to ignore it, that is until a given situation gets so out of hand...as it is in Minneapolis as I write this...that said officials politically can no longer look away, especially when knowing that they truly did allow an “insurrection” against the federal government to take place.

So while the U.S. Constitution alludes to “insurrection” as being a physically violent revolt against governmental authority...with ICE agents having said authority...and while the aforementioned “Insurrection Act” (codified at 10 U.S.C. §§ 251-255) actually defines “insurrection” as being violence or obstruction that prevents law enforcement from doing the job(s) they were tasked to do...in this case ICE being denied the ability to round up those breaking our on the books immigration laws...it makes no sense that the “Insurrection Act” has not yet been invoked, especially when it would allow our military to legally intervene while helping to enforce what is federal authority.

And again, the “Insurrection Act” has yet to be invoked no matter the words spoken at last Thursday's press conference where “Border Czar” Tom Homan vowed to “stay in Minnesota” until “the problems gone,” adding that this  administration is working on a "draw-down plan" to decrease the presence of federal agents in the state. How so...as per Homan...by staying focused on pursuing criminal illegal aliens in what will be targeted operations, while making it clear that “migrants” without a criminal record will also be subject to “apprehension and removal.” And why Tom Homan, of all people, did not call these folks what they really are, as in “illegal invaders”...criminals if you will...trying to garner yet another free ride at “we the taxpayers expense”...leads me to believe that,“Houston, we still do have a problem.”

And while I do understand the politics and emotions involved in a situation of this size and scope, along with the fact that the mere presence of federal ICE agents overtaking Minneapolis' streets has been controversial for some, we still see daily protests continuing to grow in number while becoming more violent in their intent. And while challenges from both Minnesota state and local leaders continue on unabated, for me the fact remains that I truly believe that President Trump should now invoke the “Insurrection Act,” and not try to simply bandage a problem that might only temporarily go away only to reappear in but yet another Democrat controlled state.

Simply, the still ongoing happenings in Minneapolis do indeed meet the“statutory” definition of “insurrection,” and no phone calls placed whether they be productive or not...no official change in leadership regarding who's now calling the shots...can change the fact that the America-hating, Trump-hating, far left Democrats, progressives, and socialists...“domestic terrorists” if you will...are truly at war with America from within. And we must also accept the fact that these folks behaving badly are financially able to continue that war for many more years to come unless choices are made from our side that our words spoken will indeed be backed up by force if need be.

Minneapolis might be ground zero today, but can New York with Mamdani as mayor or even Los Angeles be far behind...the clock is ticking. Case closed.

 

Copyright © 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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Trump calls for ‘Scammer’ Rep. Omar to be jailed or deported back to Somalia

Shane Galvin / NEW YORK POST

President Trump unleashed a blistering Truth Social attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) — calling for the Somali immigrant to be locked up or deported, while linking her to the state’s massive human services fraud scandal.

“The Theft and Fraud in Minnesota is far greater than the 19 Billion Dollars originally projected,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Saturday morning. 

“The Biden Administration knew this FRAUD was happening, and did absolutely nothing about it. “Scammer” Ilhan Omar and her absolutely terrible friends from Somalia should all be in jail right now, or, far worse, send them back to Somalia,” Trump wrote referencing the massive human services fraud scandal roiling the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

The scandal dates back to 2021, with at least $250 million in COVID-era fraud revolving around the Feeding Our Future program. It now includes more than 75 defendants, most of Somali descent.

US, Israel deny involvement in mysterious blasts that killed 6, wounded over a dozen across Iran

Shane Galvin / NEW YORK POST

  

The US and Israel are denying involvement in the mysterious blasts that killed six and wounded more than a dozen others across Iran Saturday.

US officials said the explosion in the Iranian port city Bandar Abbas was not related to any military activity in the region, CNN reported – even though a massive US naval “armada” is set to arrive in the Persian Gulf as tensions with Tehran mount.

The Israeli government also refuted claims they had launched a targeted drone strike on an Iranian military target, the outlet reported.

One child died and 14 others were injured in a blast that rocked a residential building in Bandar Abbas on Saturday, with state media initially blaming the blast on a gas leak while continuing to probe.

Across the Strait of Hormuz, a second blast was heard in the southwestern Khuzestan province where five people were killed in a separate gas explosion, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Border czar Tom Homan vows to stay in Minnesota 'until the problem's gone'

Homan says he had a 'very productive' meeting with Minnesota AG Keith Ellison

Anders Hagstrom / Fox News 

White House border czar Tom Homan vowed Thursday to remain in Minnesota leading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations there "until the problem is gone." 

Homan made the statement during a Thursday morning news conference, his first since President Donald Trump sent him to the Twin Cities earlier this week. He said the administration is working on a "drawdown plan" to decrease the presence of federal agents in the state.

The border chief said he had a "very productive" meeting with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday. Ellison agreed to notify ICE when local jails were releasing violent illegal aliens, a major request from federal law enforcement.

"One ICE agent can arrest one bad guy when he's behind the safety and security of a jail when he's behind bars and we know he doesn't have weapons," Homan said. "But when you release that public safety threat illegal alien back into the community – we have a job to do. We're going to arrest him, so we're going to find him."