Iran: The Axios report on Trump is part of the American media war Abu Mazen Moghtiadei, vice chairman of the National Security Committee at the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said that Axios claims that Trump's attempt to negotiate with Iran falls within the framework of the American media war. He said the signs of US defeat in the White House are now clear, and that major tremors will follow, affecting US allies as well, as media empires try to play down the scale of the defeat.