Republican strategist Doug Heye suggested that Iran could benefit from a funded Voice of America (VOA), which was established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Until President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order to cut much of VOA's financing, the news organization was indispensable to providing reliable information globally. This includes fighting Nazi propaganda efforts in World War II and disseminating accurate information beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA, has increased its coverage of Iran, but this shift could be difficult to rebuild an audience there in the future. There have been reports that VOA’s Persian-language service is now censoring coverage about Iran’�s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.