The Iran Podcast

Negar Mortazavi speaks to France 24 about Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, what this means for the future of Iran’s domestic and foreign policy, its impacts on the current war, and the divide among the Iranian society.

Negar Mortazavi speaks to CNN about US-Iran nuclear talks and the path towards war or diplomacy.

Negar Mortazavi speaks to France 24 about U.S.-Iran talks coming up in Geneva and the final stretch for diplomacy before a potential war.

Panel 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-

Negar Mortazavi speaks to Ali Velshi on MSNOW

Negar 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/

Iranians 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.

Live 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

Negar Mortazavi joins a France 24 panel on Iran protests, the violent and the deadly crackdown, and the path ahead.

Negar Mortazavi speaks with NPR about U.S.-Iran talks scheduled in Istanbul (then moved to Oman).

Broadcast on 3 February 2026:

https://the1a.org/segments/what-steve-witkoff-wants-from-iran/