How US-Funded NGOs and Media Turned Iran’s Protests Into a Regime Change Campaign
About this episode
The episode explores how U.S.-funded NGOs and media narratives transformed Iran's economic protests into a regime change campaign.
Western media portrayed Iran’s protests as a democratic uprising crushed by state violence. But behind the headlines lies a familiar regime change playbook. In this MintCast episode, Mnar Adley is joined from Tehran by Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor at the University of Tehran, to examine how U.S.-funded NGOs, intelligence-linked narratives, and corporate media helped reframe economic protests into a foreign-backed destabilization campaign. The conversation breaks down the role of Human Ri...
People in this episode
Host: Mnar Adley
Guest: Seyed Mohammad Marandi
Topics covered
- Iran protests
- regime change
- U.S. foreign policy
- media manipulation
Keywords
- NGOs
- intelligence
- corporate media
- destabilization
Mentioned in this episode
Places: US, Iran, Tehran, U.S.-funded
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