Negar Mortazavi

journalist and analyst in Washington DC

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Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst based in Washington. She is a columnist for The Independent and host of the Iran Podcast. She has been covering Iranian affairs and US-Iran relations for over a decade in English and Persian. She has been recognized as a Middle Eastern American young leader in foreign policy by New America in 2020, and as a Middle Eastern young leader by Friends of Europe in 2017.

  • Education
    • Brandeis University
    • University of Massachusetts