My decision to join the Haft Aban Front grew from a political question: how can I support Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and constitutional monarchy while preserving the people’s freedom to choose and cooperation with republicans and the democratic left? My answer connects transition leadership, political organisation and popular sovereignty. In this article, I examine the Front’s history, programme and record through that experience, with an emphasis on tolerance, secular democracy and national solidarity. Prepared for the fourth-anniversary ceremony in Brussels on 24 October 2026, the complete 25-page Persian edition below includes 41 references.