- Overseas, for the first time in years,

Iran's Ayatollah Khameini ledFriday's prayers in Tehran.

It's a sign of how muchpressure the regime is feeling.

Now with crippling sanctions and Iranians

protesting in the streets,some people wonder

if this could be the momentthe Iranian regime will fall.

Here's one perspective from Reza Pahlavi,

the son of the former Shah of Iran,

who spoke this week atWashington's Hudson Institute.

- I think people smell theopportunity for the first time

in 40 years this time.

Very different than 2009,

even very different from 1997.

The people have had it.

Today's generation of youngIranians cannot take it anymore.

They want to have anopportunity for a better future.

They want to be on the pathof modernity and freedom.

The only thing that standsbetween them and the free world

is this regime.

- Our Chris Mitchell joinsus from Jerusalem with more.

Chris, is Reza Pahlavi one alternative

to the Iranian regime?

- Yeah, Mark, he is one alternative.

He's not the only alternative, though.

He is an alternative thatmany people in Washington

would be looking for.

He's the son of the Shah of Iran

that was deposed 40 years ago.

But there are many opposition groups

representing many of theethnic groups all over Iran.

You know, we're talkingabout possible regime change.

There's two big questionsto remember, Mark.

What is gonna happen tothe security apparatus?

These are some of the Basij.

You see these securityofficials out on the street

beating people and shooting protestors.

You know, the hope is that they could turn

away from the regime,and turn with the people.

In fact, you seeconfrontations of the people

telling the Basij, come withus, go against the regime.

We'll see if that happens,and then, maybe this is

too far in advance, butif the regime did fall,

what kind of transition would it be?

Would it be a violent one?

Could it be a peaceful one?

We'll see, but right now,as Reza Pahlavi said,

you know, this could be the time,

after 40 years of the Islamic Regime.

- Chris, could this be a time

for President Trump'stear down the wall moment?

And explain what is meantby tear down this wall.

- Yeah, some people may not remember,

but in 1987, Ronald Reagan had a speech

at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

He called on then Sovietleader, Mikhail Gorbachev,

tear down this wall, teardown the Berlin Wall,

that had been up there for years.

Some people are looking atPresident Trump's tweets

to the Iranian Regimeas an incremental way

of saying sort of tear down this wall,

and have the regime fall, but right now

the official U.S. policy isnot to have regime change.

We'll see if that happens, and we'll see

if there's any connection between

many of these opposition groupsand the U.S. administration.

- How important is prayerduring this time for Iran?

- Mark, it's vital, andit's pivotal, really.

There's one example I can cite.

Dick Eastman, he's the headof Christ for the Nations.

Back in 1987, he felt the Lord told him

to go to the Berlin Wall,and put his hands on it

and say five words, inJesus' name, come down.

Now there were many other people praying

inside the Soviet Unionand around the world,

but prayer is pivotal, backthere in the Soviet Union days

and today now in the Islamic Republic.

- Amen, well, what do you have coming up

on this week's Jerusalem Dateline?

- Well, we have a roundtable with our colleagues,

George Thomas and GaryLane, talking about Iran.

They bring years ofexperience reporting on Iran.

We have Magdala, which is the story

about the first century synagogue

discovered up in theGalilee, and Passages,

which is a story about Christian students

coming to Israel for the very first time,

really having a life changing experience.

That's just some of what we have

on today's Jerusalem Dateline.

- All right, thank you, Chris,appreciate your time, sir.

And you can watchJerusalem Dateline tonight

on the CBN News Channel at 9:30 Eastern.