Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi told the gathering he was ready to lead a new government and would call on the country’s citizens to rise up when the “right moment arrives.” Pahlavi is the son of the shah, a monarch deposed in 1979 when the Islamic theocracy came to power. He hasn’t lived for five decades, but was interrupted several times by enthusiastic applause and cheers. He praised Trump for attacking , and suggested that the country could one day be a U.S. ally.
Trump’s handling of immigration got some of the biggest applause at the conference, and one of the special guests included recently retired Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino. He had led high-profile urban crackdowns but was pushed aside after two protesters were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Bovino briefly came onstage during Benny Johnson’s speech. The actor Dean Cain also shook Bovino’s hand.
