Eye For Iran

In this week's 'Eye for Iran' podcast, host Negar Mojtahedi asks a former U.S. special envoy if Iran's new president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, is part of Tehran's tool to 'charm' the US and the Western world. Ellie Cohanim, the Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism during the Donald Trump administration, discusses the Iranian influence network that is operating at the heart of the U.S. government, citing an Iran International investigation.

On Episode 5 of Iran International’s English podcast ‘Eye for Iran’ we discuss the Arab League’s decision to remove Hezbollah from its terror list and Iran’s low voter turnout in the first round of its presidential election. Why did the Arab League’s decision come on the heels of a potential war between Israel and Southern Lebanon? And does the low voter turnout signify a distrust in the ruling system? Host Negar Mojtahedi speaks with Roya Boroumand, the co-founder of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center and Dr. Walid Phares, a foreign policy expert who has advised US presidential candidates.

On this week's episode of Iran International's English podcast 'Eye for Iran', host Negar Mojtahedi speaks with Minister Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Leader of Canada's opposition party, the Conservatives. What will be Canada’s next steps after enlisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist entity and why did the government act now? And Negar also discusses Iran's elections and what Iran's Supreme Leader’s legacy will be, with Patrick Clawson from the Washington Institute.

In this week’s episode of ‘Eye for Iran,’ how is Iran’s hostage diplomacy working against the interest of West nations? As a convicted war criminal Hamid Nouri walks free following a prisoner swap deal between Iran and Sweden, host Negar Mojtahedi speaks with two people who have been personally impacted by Iran's violations of human rights and unjust detentions.  In this episode, we hear from Iranian-Canadian human rights lawyer Kaveh Shahrooz, talking about his uncle Mehrdad Ashtari who was killed during the 1988 political prisoner massacre that involved Nouri. Alongside Sharooz is Mariam Claren, a German-Iranian fighting for her mother, Nahid Taghavi who has been unlawfully detained in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since 2020.

From Iran International comes the 'Eye for Iran' podcast, a weekly show that will take listeners beyond the headlines, deep into the Iran stories that matter most. With compelling interviews, expert analysis and high-impact investigations, host Negar Mojtahedi examines the latest developments in and around Iran. In this episode of ‘Eye for Iran,' Negar speaks with author and journalist Arash Azizi and Former Iran Advisor at the US State Department Gabriel Noronha on Iran's upcoming snap election, which many consider to be a selection process highly engineered by the state. They look into the candidates selected by the Guardian Council and examine what they mean for the future of Iran.

From Iran International comes the 'Eye for Iran' podcast, a weekly show that will take listeners beyond the headlines, deep into the Iran stories that matter most. With compelling interviews, expert analysis and high-impact investigations, host Negar Mojtahedi examines the latest developments in and around Iran. In the first episode of ‘Eye for Iran,' Negar speaks with Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran and Behnam Ben Taleblu, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) about the significance of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death and how the event is perceived by the power brokers of Iran. ‘Eye for Iran’ also looks into the political heavyweights throwing their names into the mix ahead of the election, their backgrounds and examines how the Guardian Council will make its final decision on who gets to run amid succession.