Negar Mortazavi is a journalist and political analyst based in Washington DC focusing on Middle Eastern affairs and US foreign policy towards the region. She is a columnist for The Independent and host of the Iran Podcast. She is a frequent media commentator on Iranian affairs and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC and Aljazeera, and has written for Foreign Policy magazine, The Intercept, Politico, and Huffington Post. Negar has been recognized as a MENA-American foreign policy young leader by New America, and as a Global Young Leader by Friends of Europe in Brussels. The Guardian has named her one of the top ten people to follow on twitter for Iran news. @NegarMortazavi