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The Iran Podcast
Hosted by Negar Mortazavi · EN
Conversations on Iranian politics, society, and culture with host Negar Mortazavi.
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Trump and Tehran at Final Stretch
Feb 2400:08:30Tap to summarizeNegar Mortazavi speaks to France 24 about U.S.-Iran talks coming up in Geneva and the final stretch for diplomacy before a potential war.
Transcribe →United States, Iran and Israel
Feb 2201:06:46Tap to summarizePanel discussion about the U.S., Iran and Israel with Negar Mortazavi, Jamal Abdi and Stephen Kinzer hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action MAPA. Watch the video of this panel: https://youtu.be/cTpbZJoZf2w?si=AjvAsC5uynaMLc0-
Transcribe →Will Trump Go to War With Iran?
Feb 2100:08:03Tap to summarizeNegar Mortazavi speaks to Ali Velshi on MSNOW
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Second Round of U.S.-Iran Talks
Feb 1900:11:23Tap to summarizeNegar Mortazavi speaks to NPR-WAMU about U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva.It was just a few week ago that the U.S. and Iran appeared close to military confrontation.That was after protests in Iran led President Donald Trump to say the country’s religious leaders should stop killing demonstrators and pursuing nuclear weapons. U.S. military buildup in the region has continued.Representatives for both countries met in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday for a second round of negotiations. And the message out of that three-hour meeting from both sides was generally positive. But where do talks go from here and what would a U.S.-Iran agreement cover?https://the1a.org/segments/the-second-round-of-us-iran-talks/
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Iran Protests: Is This the End?
Feb 1601:11:49Tap to summarizeIranians are once again protesting. In cities and towns across Iran, people have poured into the streets driven by economic despair and a desire for structural political change. As the 47th anniversary of 1979 Iranian Revolution approaches, serious questions exist about the future of the Islamic Republic. Is this the beginning of the end for Iran’s clerical authoritarian regime? Can the Iranian regime survive this existential moment? How should the international community respond? Panel discussion hosted in January 2026 at Georgetown University, chaired by Professor Nader Hashemi, with speakers Negar Mortazavi and Daniel Brumberg.Watch the video of this panel HERE.
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Is Iran on the Verge of Collapse?
Feb 1401:00:23Tap to summarizeLive briefing on January 13, 2026 chaired by Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at J Street, examined the current state of the protests in Iran, how President Trump’s threats of intervention are being perceived inside Iran, and the policy options currently available to the United States.-Nate Swanson, director of Iran Strategy Project at the Atlantic Council and former Director for Iran at the National Security Council.-Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and editor and host of The Iran Podcast.https://open.substack.com/pub/jstreetdotorg/p/video-briefing-is-irans-regime-on?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Trump’s New Middle East Policy
Feb 20, 2025Tap to summarizeNegar Mortazavi speaks to Murtaza Hussain, foreign policy correspondent at Dropsite News, and Hooman Majd, Iranian-American journalist and author, about President Trump’s new Middle East policy. Episode 127.
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Decolonizing Foreign Affairs
Apr 16, 2021Tap to summarizeNegar Mortazavi speaks to Terrell Starr, host of the Black Diplomats podcast, about US foreign policy and media. Then we will hear an episode of his podcast about Building Peace with Iran, where Negar Mortazavi was a guest.
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