Mainstream media would have people believe that there is no support for the U.S.-Iran conflict and that the world would not be safer with the IRGC removed from power. However, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Jake Tapper on CNN that the world is safer because of U.S. military action in Iran.
He added that, under President Trump’s leadership, U.S. strikes have significantly weakened Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, stating, “Degrading these capabilities is really, really very important for your and my safety here in the U.S., in Europe, in the Middle East.”
Across the world, protests in favor of regime change have been taking place, but mainstream media have largely ignored them. The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University noted in a March 9, 2026, analysis that VOA Persian was accused by its own staff of censoring coverage of Pahlavi. This suggested that President Trump was correct in his characterization of VOA and other government-funded media as having been co-opted by the left and no longer reporting objectively.
