Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi told Newsmax on Thursday that he hopes President-elect Donald Trump not only uses maximum pressure against the Islamic regime in Tehran but also has a policy that will support that country’s oppressed people.

Pahlavi told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that history has shown Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, has only backed down from pressure campaigns like the one in Trump’s first administration and is emboldened by weakness and appeasement shown by President Joe Biden and others.

“One of the aspects that I think everybody should realize [since the Islamic regime took power in 1979] is that every time the regime was under pressure or dealt with from a position of strength, it backed away and adjusted tactically to that reality,” Pahlavi said in a segment previously recorded earlier this month. “Every time, on the other hand, there was some lacking, or if you will, less pressure or even appeasement, it got emboldened and strengthened. By that, I would like to contrast the first term that President Trump had, and in fact, he was the most strong in terms of foreign policy as it came to implementing maximum pressure on the regime.

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