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Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst based in Washington, D.C. She is editor and host of the Iran Podcast and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and she writes and comments on Iranian politics and U.S. policy toward the Middle East.
We have documented 1 statement by Negar Mortazavi, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Journalist, host of the Iran Podcast and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, posting on her X account
Condemned
Statement summary
Mortazavi quote-posts Wexler's roast clip and says Wexler, who condemns bigoted tropes about Jews, is launching similar attacks on Muslims, and that calling them comedy does not excuse them.
“You condemn bigoted tropes about Jewish people, yet launch similar attacks against Muslims. If you recognize the harm bigotry causes your own community, why inflict it on others?
Europe's violent history of antisemitism is a powerful reminder of the dangers of dehumanizing rhetoric. Calling it "comedy" doesn't excuse it.”
Mortazavi describes Wexler's jokes about Mamdani as attacks on Muslims built on bigoted tropes and says calling them comedy does not excuse them, which condemns the jokes.
At Commentary magazine's annual roast, comedian Arynne Wexler joked that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani bought his wife, Rama Duwaji, when she was 12. Piers Morgan called the jokes disgusting, critics called them Islamophobic, and Will Chamberlain said she did nothing wrong.
