Negar Mortazavi

Negar Mortazavi (born 1981) is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst covering Iran in English and Persian. She is a columnist for The Independent[1] and host of the Iran Podcast.[2]

Negar Mortazavi
Born1981 (age 3940)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian, American
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist, Analyst

Career

Mortazavi worked as a TV presenter at Voice of America Persian where she hosted a daily show that discussed current affairs with Iranians.[3] She has also worked for the International Center for Journalists in Washington,[4] The National Iranian American Council (NIAC),[5] and the United Nations headquarters in New York.[5] She is a frequent commentator on Iran at MSNBC,[6] BBC,[7] PRI,[8] New York Times,[9] Aljazeera,[10] Huffington Post,[11] and other international outlets around the world. She is currently a columnist for The Independent.[1]

In 2014, she launched a kickstarter campaign to visit Brazil to cover Iran's Team Melli presence in the FIFA World Cup for her Twitter followers as a freelancer.[12] The Guardian has named her one of the top 10 people to follow on Twitter for Iran issues.[13]

In 2019 an investigation, and later a lawsuit,[14] by Mortazavi revealed funds by the United States Department of State had been used to target and smear human rights workers, activists and journalists, many of whom were US citizens.[15] “Iran Disinformation Project” was funded by the department’s Global Engagement Center, which was set up by Congress to “counter online extremism and propaganda”.[16] Subsequently, the State Department terminated support for the online project.[17][18]

Recognition

Mortazavi has been recognized as a MENA young leader in foreign policy by New America in 2020[19] and as a 2017 MENA Young Leader by Friends of Europe in Brussels, Belgium.[20]

Early life

Mortazavi was born and raised in Iran and immigrated to the United States in 2002 to continue her studies. She has a Master of Arts from Brandeis University [5] and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Massachusetts.

References

  1. "Author page on The Independent".
  2. "Iran Podcast" (Podcast).
  3. "VOA PNN Rooyekhat". Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  4. "Perspectives on the Iranian Nuclear Framework Agreement".
  5. NIAC Welcomes New Media and Communications Staff at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-04)
  6. "Articles on MSNBC by Mortazavi".
  7. "BBC World Have Your Say: Syria "Stalemate", Rouhani's Iran & the UK Veil Debate".
  8. "Negar Mortazavi on Public Radio International".
  9. "Contributor profile on NY Times".
  10. "Hurdles Still Remain in Iran Nuclear Deal". Al Jazeera America. July 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  11. "Contributor profile on Huffington Post".
  12. "Tweeting the World Cup: Iranian-American shares Iran's World Cup with the world". Yahoo News. June 22, 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  13. Iran: top 10 people to follow on Twitter. The Guardian (Report). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  14. Protect Democracy Project, Negar Mortazavi, et. al. v U.S. Department of State.Text
  15. "Trump administration says it has terminated support for controversial anti-Iran campaign that 'smeared US citizens'". The Independent. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  16. "Trump administration cuts funding to anti-Iran group that trolls human rights activists". The Independent. 2019-06-02.
  17. "US terminates funds for anti-Iran Twitter feed". AP News. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  18. "US cuts funds for 'anti-propaganda' Iran group that trolled activists". The Guardian. 2019-05-31.
  19. "2020 Middle Eastern and North African American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders". New America. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  20. "European Young Leaders, 2017". Friends of Europe.
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