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Negar Mortazavi

Negar Mortazavi (Persian: نگار مرتضوی; born 1981) is an Iranian-American journalist, political analyst, editor and host of the Iran Podcast.[1] She is based in Washington DC.[2]

Negar Mortazavi
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian, American
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, political analyst

Early life

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Mortazavi was born in Tehran, Iran. She immigrated to the United States in 2002 as a student. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Arts from Brandeis University.[3] Since 2009 she has been forced into exile from the Iranian regime because of her journalism work.[4]

Career

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Negar Mortazavi is a journalist and commentator, editor and host of the Iran Podcast, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP),[citation needed] based in Washington DC. She has been covering Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs as well as US foreign policy towards the Middle East for over a decade. Mortazavi is a frequent media commentator and has appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, BBC, France24, Aljazeera, and other global outlets. She has written for Foreign Policy magazine, Politico, The Intercept, The Independent, and other publications, and is regularly invited to speak at panels and conferences around the world about Iranian affairs and US foreign policy. Her writing and commentary has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine,[5] the Guardian,[6] the Independent,[7] and Huffington Post among others.[8]

Mortazavi worked as a TV reporter and presenter at Voice of America's Persian and English[9] services from 2010 to 2014, where she hosted a daily talk show on current affairs named Straight Talk (Rooye Khat) and interviewed prominent figures including boxing champion Muhammad Ali, former American hostage in Iran Sarah Shourd, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury David S. Cohen, former United States Persian Spokesperson Alan Eyre, and many others.[10][11][12]

Mortazavi previously worked for the International Center for Journalists,[13] the National Iranian American Council,[14] and the United Nations headquarters in New York.[15]

In 2014, she launched a unique kickstarter campaign and crowdfunded her travel to Brazil on assignment where she covered Iran's Team Melli presence in the FIFA World Cup live on Twitter.[16]

Human rights and press freedom organizations including Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Center for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) have reported that Mortazavi and multiple other prominent female journalists and analysts in the Iranian diaspora have been victims of targeted online harassment, smear campaigns, and physical threats and persecution to themselves and their families, both from the Iranian regime and from some Iranian opposition groups abroad.[17][18] Mortazavi has been the target of many state-sponsored hacking attempts of her online and social media accounts.[citation needed]

Recognition

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In 2021 Mortazavi was featured in Forbes among 30 inspirational women.[19]

In 2021 Mortazavi was named a national security & foreign affairs leader by the Center For Strategic and International Studies (CSIC) based in Washington DC.[20]

Mortazavi was named among 40 leaders under 40, shaping the present and future of US-Middle East relations by the Middle East Policy Council in Washington DC.[21]

In 2020 Mortazavi was named a MENA-American next-generation leader in foreign policy and national security by New America Foundation in New York.[22]

In 2017 Mortazavi was named a Young European Leader by Friends of Europe, a prominent progressive think tank based in Brussels, Belgium.[23]

In 2014, The Guardian newspaper named her one of the top ten people to follow on Twitter for Iran news and commentary.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "The Iran Podcast • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ "About". www.negarmortazavi.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 | News Archives". heller.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ "United States: Iranian-American Journalist Negar Mortazavi Hit With A Fresh Wave Of Online Attacks". www.womeninjournalism.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Negar Mortazavi". 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ "How three Iranian women spurred mass protests against hardline regime". the Guardian. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Negar Mortazavi". The Independent. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Negar Mortazavi | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Negar Mortazavi - Reporter bio - Voice of America (VOA News)". www.voanews.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen on Iran Sanctions, 29 January 2013, retrieved 6 November 2022
  11. ^ "VOA PNN Rooyekhat". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  12. ^ روی خط با آلن ایر:‌ تحریم یا مذاکره؟, 21 February 2013, retrieved 6 November 2022
  13. ^ "Perspectives on the Iranian Nuclear Framework Agreement".
  14. ^ "NIAC Welcomes New Media and Communications Staff". NIAC. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  15. ^ NIAC Welcomes New Media and Communications Staff at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-04)
  16. ^ "Tweeting the World Cup: Iranian-American shares Iran's World Cup with the world". en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  17. ^ "United States: CFWIJ Extends Solidarity with Journalist Negar Mortazavi Who Hit with Waves of Online Attacks over a Decade".
  18. ^ Spicer, Sarah (20 October 2022). "CPJ condemns harassment, bomb threat against Iranian American journalist Negar Mortazavi". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  19. ^ Williams, Tommy. "Meet 30 Inspirational Women This Women's History Month". Forbes. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  20. ^ "CSIS and DINSN Announce the 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List". www.csis.org. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  21. ^ "40 Under 40 | Middle East Policy Council". mepc.org. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  22. ^ "2020 Middle Eastern and North African American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders". New America. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  23. ^ "European Young Leaders, 2017". Friends of Europe. 10 November 2023.
  24. ^ Iran: top 10 people to follow on Twitter. The Guardian (Report). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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