Negar Mortazavi (Persian: نگار مرتضوی; born 1981) is an Iranian-American journalist, political analyst, editor and host of the Iran Podcast.
[4] 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.
[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.
[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.
[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.