US and Iran Prisoner Swap

Negar Mortazavi speaks to Ali Velshi on MSNOW about Iran protests, U.S. threats of intervention, and the path ahead. 

Negar Mortazavi speaks to Times Radio about President Trump telling protesters in Iran that: “Help is on the way” 

Five Americans jailed for years in Iran are flying back to the United States, after being freed in a controversial prisoner swap. The former captives stopped briefly in Qatar before getting on a plane home. The US is releasing five Iranian prisoners in return, and has allowed the ...  Show more

On Monday, five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran, stepped off a plane in Doha, Qatar. They were freed as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the U.S. and Iran. Despite the happy news, the Biden administration is facing a lot of criticism for this deal, which also gave I ...  Show more

“Hostage diplomacy” is a term you’ll frequently see in the media, but it's a misleading term. What we’re really talking about: Dictators kidnapping and torturing innocent foreign civilians.

 In some cases, the leaders of free countries pay ransom to get them back. In som ...

Bijan Khajehpour, Managing Partner of Eurasian Nexus Partners and an Al-Monitor columnist, discusses the options for US-Iran diplomacy and the Iran nuclear deal under a Biden Administration; the candidates and issues shaping Iran’s presidential elections next year; the pr ...