On Friday, Reza Pahlavi announced the formation of Phoenix group in a press conference at George Washington University. He said the goal of Phoenix is to utilize Iranian scientists and elites to empower the Iranian civil society, and he asked Iranian elites to join this project.

The project includes massive plans for the future of the country, including: Solar energy investment in Lut Desert, improving the quality of education and improving Iranian universities’ position to the top 100 world ranking, developing the tourism industry, improved relations with the countries of the region, improve quality of medical service, expand the national railroad and rail transportation, improving air travel and the international airport in Tehran, development and investment in Chabahar.

Phoenix consists of different workgroups and intends to invite Iranian professors, researchers, and professionals from esteemed universities in different countries in fields such as environment, economy, energy, medicine, law, politics, security, defense, agriculture, industry, communications, media, and tourism.

According to Prince Reza Pahlavi: “Lack of organizations such as Phoenix in our contemporary era has helped the spread of superstitions and lies and success of the enemies of Iran to stop our economic and cultural growth.”

The son of the last king of Iran hoped that all Iranian elite and scientists would join the Phoenix project.