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Negar Mortazavi

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Episodes

20 of 215 episodes

Is War Coming Back?

Will the U.S. and Israel attack Iran again? How will Tehran respond? Negar Mortazavi joined Aljazeera to discuss what comes next in the war...

00:05:34Oct 23, 2026

Trump Endorses Netanyahu in Israelis Elections

Negar Mortazavi and Alan Eyre on Al Jazeera

00:07:23Oct 19, 2026

Seven Months of War on Iran

President Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end the war and told aides he expects to resume bombing after the midterm elections. Iran’s Fore...

00:12:02Oct 2, 2026

Trump Rejects Tehran Proposal to End War

Negar Mortazavi on BBC World News

00:05:13Sep 27, 2026

Trump and Pezeshkian in New York

Negar Mortazavi on Times Radio UK

00:06:27Sep 26, 2026

Trump and Pezeshkian at the UN

Iranian President Pezeshkian spoke at the United Nations General Assembly. Negar Mortazavi joins Al Jazeera

00:06:03Sep 24, 2026

Economic Pressure Won’t Bring Surrender

Sanctions are squeezing Iran’s economy, and Tehran wants a deal to end the war. But it is seeking a negotiated exit, not capitulation. Negar...

00:05:50Sep 21, 2026

From Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, says Tehran sent conditions for ending the war through Qatar and is aw...

00:06:24Sep 21, 2026

Trump’s Endless War on Iran

Has Trump drawn the U.S. into another endless war in the Middle East? Or can Washington and Tehran find a way out? DAWN panel: -Negar Mortaz...

00:59:24Sep 18, 2026

U.S. War Crimes in Iran

U.S. committed war crimes in Iran, UN human rights experts say they have “reasonable grounds to believe.” They cite strikes on an elementary...

00:05:50Sep 17, 2026

Selling the War with Purges, Polygraphs and Propaganda

Trump admin is trying to rewrite history in real time and to put a positive spin on the war on Iran. But rising prices, provocative social m...

00:11:17Sep 13, 2026

Six Months of War on Iran

Negar Mortazavi joins Peter Beinart on the Occupied Thoughts podcast to discuss the sixth month of war on Iran, what the U.S. got wrong in i...

00:27:48Sep 11, 2026

Tanker War in the Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. war on Iran has entered a dangerous new phase: a tanker war in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it attacked 10 ships after the U.S....

00:05:47Sep 9, 2026

U.S. Attacks Wedding in Iran

U.S. attacks wedding in Iran. Are Washington and Tehran heading for more escalation? Negar Mortazavi joins Aljazeera

00:04:53Sep 2, 2026

U.S. and Iran Escalate Again

Latest US-Iran escalation was predictable after the unraveling of the MOU. This complicates the narrow path diplomacy and risks further esca...

00:05:03Sep 1, 2026

Tehran Will Not Surender to Trump

Economic pressure will impose greater hardship on ordinary Iranians already struggling with rising inflation. But it is unlikely to force Ir...

00:03:49Sep 1, 2026

U.S. Attacks Iran’s Larak Island

U.S. attacks Iran’s Larak Island in a dangerous escalation that can reignite the war and further complicate diplomacy. Negar Mortazavi on Al...

00:05:31Sep 1, 2026

Sixth Month of War

Six months of US-Israel war on Iran; the military stalemate, political dynamics in Iran, and the impacts of war on the Iranian people. Negar...

00:05:08Aug 29, 2026

Trump’s D-Day on Iran

Negar Mortazavi on NPR Here and Now Listen on NPR

00:05:45Aug 26, 2026

US intensifies economic war on Iran

Negar Mortazavi joins BBC

00:04:13Aug 25, 2026