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I removed some debated content in this diff as it might be pushing Wikipedia into WP:original research territory with debated bias. It may not also be a notable section too, but that is a different topic.
It is a sensitive topic, so I wanted to add some background and open it for discussion. The interview is from January 8th, 2020. For context, a day before that Reuters had reported this incident could be due to a technical cause [1]. Others had suggested Iranian government’s involvement. Three days later Iran admitted to unintentionally have downed said plane (more: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752).
During the cited interview, the subject points out it is too early to judge, might be “something nefarious about it or the exact opposite”, there are “a lot of contradicting reports or speculations”, and “that evidence might come that supports the opposite of” each take.
My observation is there are shortened versions of this video circulating the web omitting these parts, painting a different picture.
Given this single interview being used as the source, and with the possibility of not having the full video at hand, I wanted to caution fellow editors to review the entire video linked here first [2]. Ebright82 ( talk) 03:11, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for paying attention to this issue. Since Mortazavi is a high-profile journalist (among 30 inspirational women by Forbes, MENA American leader, etc.), her views are an integral part of her contributions to journalism. For an example of Wikipedia pages reflecting the views of journalists please see [3] or just pure interview transcripts of Sheldon Adelson here [4]. Edits on her views sections might be useful but total removal of sections does not seem to be constructive. The views section is not original research [5] and it is in line with Wikipedia's policy. I hope this clarifies the necessity of including the views section.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremy Sanchez 1990 ( talk • contribs)
First, she pointed out the fact that “the missiles [to Al-Asad] were fired from west of Iran and the flight took off from Tehran, which is in the center, and that’s one important geographic detail to know.” Second, she mentions that “because another Ukrainian plane was previously shot do …
Since the late 1960s, Duranty's work has come increasingly under fire for failing to report the famine. Robert Conquest was critical of Duranty's reporting in The Great Terror (1968), The Harvest of Sorrow (1986) and, most recently, in Reflections on a Ravaged Century (1990). Joseph Alsop and Andrew Stuttaford spoke out against Duranty during the Pulitzer Prize controversy. [6]
The text that was mentioned was in response to the previous discussion in the talk about the need for the interview transcript, this transcript from global news was used in the views section. No view is being "constructed" in this section and this is merely a reflection of views. If there is need for improvement, you could adjust the text instead of removing the entire section. Thank you for your attention.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremy Sanchez 1990 ( talk • contribs)
References
I've heard that Mortazavi only worked for NIAC for six months in 2014. Trying to find a reference. If that's indeed the case I don't think we should have a whole section about NIAC in her entry. roozbeh ( talk) 01:17, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Added references for the Iran Disinfo investigation which was widely reported in the media. Also, added sources for the Brazil coverage. Given the above, I propose removing notability and secondary sources issues. Ebright82 ( talk) 05:30, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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A criticisms section had been added. It cited three sources:
A full section on criticisms cannot stand with the first two sources. However, the Maroon story is sufficient to show that events have been cancelled due to threats of violence directed at her. — C.Fred ( talk) 12:34, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
I continue to maintain that a student newspaper at a major university is a reliable source. In light of a recent tit-for-tat removal of the entire section after an unreliable conservative source was struck, I backed down to just what was reported by a network news station in Chicago. — C.Fred ( talk) 17:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
There seems to be a concerted effort online to smear and discredit Iranian journalists including Mortezavi. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nov2000 ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Mshahrokh: Hi. I was editing the article for the past hour and when I came to publish, I ran into an edit conflict. I did not revert any of your changes as I can see in Special:Diff/1120228907. I also did not return the content you removed. please review and modify my revision if needed. Jeeputer Talk 21:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
"These incidents have made the public view towards Negar Mortazavi very negative, and have portrayed her as an active apologist for the Islamic Republic regime's actions. One well-respected Iranian blogger who has always warned the public about NIAC and Negar Mortazavi is Hossein Ronaghi who was arrested and tortured by regime in 2022."This material was written in a strikingly non- neutral, essay-like tone, and did not cite any sources, making it unverifiable.
"was one of the NIAC affiliates who supported the relief of the sanctions against Iran and stated that the ongoing protests are 'simply about forced hijab' and that the people want a reform, not a regime change in Iran."However, The Jerusalem Post opinion article that you cited is not reliable for factual statements in wikivoice per WP:RSEDITORIAL, only mentions Mortazavi in passing, and does not clearly attribute these sentiments to her. In addition, your edit incorrectly presents the
"simply about forced hijab"comment as though it is a direct quote from Mortazavi, when it was actually written by the author of the opinion article. Contrary to your edit, reliable sources, such as The New Republic ( [6]), make clear that Mortazavi is an outspoken supporter of the Mahsa Amini protests and that "Mortazavi has been vocal about her support for the largely female protests in her home country."
"Negar Mortazavi is known for her close relationships with the Iranian diplomats and especially reformists in Iran and has frequently met with Islamic Republic Foreign Minister of President Hassan Rohani, Javad Zarif,"citing only the aforementioned "The National Telegraph" and a Politico interview with Zarif that was conducted by Mortazavi in her capacity as a journalist. It is not unusual for journalists to interview senior government officials.
"As [sic] a pivotal point for her career, she denied the claims that Islamic Republic of Iran and IRGC shot down the Ukrainian flight PS752 and later tried to defend the regime in accepting its responsibility,"citing a source that you misleadingly labelled
"mortazavi denial of PS752."However, no source by that name exists; the source that you linked to— "Iran commentator Negar Mortazavi discusses the tragic plane crash hours after attack on U.S. bases"—is dated 8 January 2020, the same day as the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 incident, and contains no such noteworthy
"denial,"only a caveat to the effect that
"It's too early to tell."You did not provide any secondary sources to establish the significance of this comment.
"In another incident, Negar Mortazavi tried to discredit the United States Department of State assessment of Islamic Republic of Iran massacre of close to 1500 people in 2019 protests,"citing a source that you misleadingly labelled
"Mortazavi denial."However, no source by that name exists; the source that you linked to— "Iran Protests: Interview with Diplomatic Correspondent Negar Mortazavi," dated 6 December 2019—seemingly makes clear that the figure cited by the Trump administration's hawkish State Department was an outlier relative to contemporaneous reporting by independent human rights observers such as Amnesty International (which cited a "confirmed death toll" of 208 at the time). Moreover, your edit confused the chronology and misrepresented the State Department's position. In fact, Reuters (not the State Department) reported the 1,500 figure on 23 December 2019, citing
"three [unnamed] Iranian interior ministry officials".In its report, Reuters acknowledged that
"[t]he toll of 1,500 is significantly higher than figures from international human rights groups and the United States. A Dec. 16 report by Amnesty International said the death toll was at least 304. The U.S. State Department, in a statement to Reuters, said it estimates that many hundreds of Iranians were killed, and has seen reports that number could be over 1,000."In sum: The Reuters reporting is contested, and it is not
"denial"to question the veracity of the 1,500 figure (if it were, then the State Department itself could be said to have engaged in such
"denial".) However, Mortazavi did not question (let alone
"deny") the 23 December 2019 reporting weeks earlier on 6 December 2019, at least not without the aid of a time machine.
"call undue attention to negative viewpoints"and that
"Segregation of text or other content into different subsections, based solely on the apparent POV of the content itself, may result in an unencyclopedic structure, such as a back-and-forth dialogue between proponents and opponents."On a related note, WP:POVFORK, which is Wikipedia policy, states:
"There is currently no consensus whether a 'Criticism of...' article is always a POV fork, but many criticism articles nevertheless suffer from POV problems. If possible, refrain from using 'criticism' and instead use neutral terms such as 'perception' or 'reception' ... "Certainly, we have many articles on far more contentious figures than Mortazavi that do not feature dedicated "Controversy" or "Criticism" sections; a The Jerusalem Post opinion article that only mentions Mortazavi in passing, combined with several unreliable social media posts and WP:OR criticisms by Wikipedia users, is a remarkably weak basis for incorporating such a dedicated section here.
@ Nov2000: Hi. As far as I can see, you have been editing on Wikipedia for almost 2 years, but the only article you edited is this one and many of your edits are reverted. The history of content removal by you goes back to April 2021, mostly removing material about Mortazavi's connecting with the Iranian government (for example, this edit or your recent edits). A question arises here: Are you in connection with Negar Mortazavi and therefore have a conflict of interest with the subject of this article? Jeeputer Talk 22:34, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
I need to mention that the content you are removing establishes the subject's notability (such as recent controversies, Disinfo investigation issue, etc.). Jeeputer Talk 22:43, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
You keep adding unsubstantiated accusations and false and outdated info about this person with no sources. You added that she is a spokesperson for NIAC an organization she briefly worked at years ago. How is she their a spokesperson if she left in 2014 and her name is nowhere mentioned on their website? I found no current source of her ever speaking on behalf of this organization. If you see any please add it here. https://www.niacouncil.org/news_publications/niac-welcomes-new-media-and-communications-staff/ Nov2000 ( talk) 02:14, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
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This page seems to be under a coordinated attack by a group who seem to have an agenda and keep adding libelous and unfounded accusations against a living person with no credible source. The only link they have added is a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that makes no mention of this person (Mortazavi) anywhere in the piece but is being used as the main source of these accusations. Nov2000 ( talk) 00:34, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Administrator note: I have upped the page protection to admin-only (since it was already on autoconfirmed protection). I don't know what's right and what's wrong here, and am concerned that a person directly involved in the dispute came admin shopping to find me even though I've never had any involvement here at all, but I have still protected it on the version that existed as of the time I was brought in, without regard to what side of the dispute happened to have the upper hand as of that time, but I would stress that this is not necessarily an endorsement of their version — it's just that the editwarring needed to stop right away, so I would obviously request that the appropriateness or inappropriateness of the disputed material be discussed here on the talk page by people with more knowledge of the subject than I have. I will, of course, happily reduce it back to autoconfirmed protection again if and when the dispute is resolved, but since there was already partial page protection on it I didn't mess with the existing time. Editwarring over this must stop, and the material must be discussed. Bearcat ( talk) 14:54, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
On October 18, 2022, Mortazavi was invited to speak at the University of Chicago conference titled "The Power of Iranian Women Now" about the nationwide protests in Iran. This event caught the attention of the Iranian all around the world, as well as Internet users in Iran, and was met with disapproval from them. The protesters claimed that Mortazavi was working on behalf of the Iranian government. He has always denied this claim. This meeting was changed from a face-to-face meeting to a virtual program after threats were announced[14][15].
A local student media in Chicago in America later reported that students and staff at the Institute of Political Science at the university there were forced to evacuate the building because of a "bomb threat" due to Mortazavi's presence. [16] Mortazavi himself wrote on Twitter that the bomb threat was related to his presence at a roundtable discussion at that institution.[12] That claim was denied after investigative reporters contacted local Chicago police.[14][17]
References: References are available on Negar Mortazavi's Wikipedia page in Persian. 2A02:3032:20A:D494:50FB:CB30:D742:C899 ( talk) 09:35, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
University of Chicago Conference (Translated from Wikipedia page in Persian)
On October 18, 2022, Mortazavi was invited to a speech at the University of Chicago titled "The Power of Iranian Women Now" about the nationwide protests in Iran. This event caught the attention of the Iranian community in America and Canada, as well as Internet users in Iran, and was met with disapproval from a group of them. The protesters claimed that Mortazavi works for the benefit of the Iranian government. He has always denied this claim. This meeting was changed from a face-to-face program to a virtual one after threats were announced[14][15].
A local student media in Chicago in America later reported that students and staff at that city's university's Institute of Political Science were forced to evacuate the building because of a "bomb threat" due to Mortazavi's presence. [16] Mortazavi himself wrote on Twitter that the bomb threat was related to his presence at a roundtable at that institution. [12] This claim was denied after investigative journalists contacted local Chicago police. [14][17]
References: References are available on Negar Mortazavi's Wikipedia page in Persian. 2A02:3032:20A:D494:50FB:CB30:D742:C899 ( talk) 09:40, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
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There is a citation to a ARTICLE19 report that never mentions Negar Mortazavi. Please remove the mention of ARTICLE19 and that report on this page (citation 30). Shilan1401 ( talk) 06:44, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
The Article 19 report seems to have anonymized all interviewees and there is no mention of the names of any of the journalists interviewed in the report. It is a very relevant source as the report is about the online harassment that Iranian female journalists outside Iran, including Mortazavi, have been subjected to.
Please keep the source as it is relevant to the subject. I am not sure why they requested to remove a relevant source to a report from a credible organization. Nov2000 ( talk) 01:43, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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I removed some debated content in this diff as it might be pushing Wikipedia into WP:original research territory with debated bias. It may not also be a notable section too, but that is a different topic.
It is a sensitive topic, so I wanted to add some background and open it for discussion. The interview is from January 8th, 2020. For context, a day before that Reuters had reported this incident could be due to a technical cause [1]. Others had suggested Iranian government’s involvement. Three days later Iran admitted to unintentionally have downed said plane (more: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752).
During the cited interview, the subject points out it is too early to judge, might be “something nefarious about it or the exact opposite”, there are “a lot of contradicting reports or speculations”, and “that evidence might come that supports the opposite of” each take.
My observation is there are shortened versions of this video circulating the web omitting these parts, painting a different picture.
Given this single interview being used as the source, and with the possibility of not having the full video at hand, I wanted to caution fellow editors to review the entire video linked here first [2]. Ebright82 ( talk) 03:11, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for paying attention to this issue. Since Mortazavi is a high-profile journalist (among 30 inspirational women by Forbes, MENA American leader, etc.), her views are an integral part of her contributions to journalism. For an example of Wikipedia pages reflecting the views of journalists please see [3] or just pure interview transcripts of Sheldon Adelson here [4]. Edits on her views sections might be useful but total removal of sections does not seem to be constructive. The views section is not original research [5] and it is in line with Wikipedia's policy. I hope this clarifies the necessity of including the views section.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremy Sanchez 1990 ( talk • contribs)
First, she pointed out the fact that “the missiles [to Al-Asad] were fired from west of Iran and the flight took off from Tehran, which is in the center, and that’s one important geographic detail to know.” Second, she mentions that “because another Ukrainian plane was previously shot do …
Since the late 1960s, Duranty's work has come increasingly under fire for failing to report the famine. Robert Conquest was critical of Duranty's reporting in The Great Terror (1968), The Harvest of Sorrow (1986) and, most recently, in Reflections on a Ravaged Century (1990). Joseph Alsop and Andrew Stuttaford spoke out against Duranty during the Pulitzer Prize controversy. [6]
The text that was mentioned was in response to the previous discussion in the talk about the need for the interview transcript, this transcript from global news was used in the views section. No view is being "constructed" in this section and this is merely a reflection of views. If there is need for improvement, you could adjust the text instead of removing the entire section. Thank you for your attention.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremy Sanchez 1990 ( talk • contribs)
References
I've heard that Mortazavi only worked for NIAC for six months in 2014. Trying to find a reference. If that's indeed the case I don't think we should have a whole section about NIAC in her entry. roozbeh ( talk) 01:17, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Added references for the Iran Disinfo investigation which was widely reported in the media. Also, added sources for the Brazil coverage. Given the above, I propose removing notability and secondary sources issues. Ebright82 ( talk) 05:30, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 02:21, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
A criticisms section had been added. It cited three sources:
A full section on criticisms cannot stand with the first two sources. However, the Maroon story is sufficient to show that events have been cancelled due to threats of violence directed at her. — C.Fred ( talk) 12:34, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
I continue to maintain that a student newspaper at a major university is a reliable source. In light of a recent tit-for-tat removal of the entire section after an unreliable conservative source was struck, I backed down to just what was reported by a network news station in Chicago. — C.Fred ( talk) 17:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
There seems to be a concerted effort online to smear and discredit Iranian journalists including Mortezavi. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nov2000 ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
@ Mshahrokh: Hi. I was editing the article for the past hour and when I came to publish, I ran into an edit conflict. I did not revert any of your changes as I can see in Special:Diff/1120228907. I also did not return the content you removed. please review and modify my revision if needed. Jeeputer Talk 21:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
"These incidents have made the public view towards Negar Mortazavi very negative, and have portrayed her as an active apologist for the Islamic Republic regime's actions. One well-respected Iranian blogger who has always warned the public about NIAC and Negar Mortazavi is Hossein Ronaghi who was arrested and tortured by regime in 2022."This material was written in a strikingly non- neutral, essay-like tone, and did not cite any sources, making it unverifiable.
"was one of the NIAC affiliates who supported the relief of the sanctions against Iran and stated that the ongoing protests are 'simply about forced hijab' and that the people want a reform, not a regime change in Iran."However, The Jerusalem Post opinion article that you cited is not reliable for factual statements in wikivoice per WP:RSEDITORIAL, only mentions Mortazavi in passing, and does not clearly attribute these sentiments to her. In addition, your edit incorrectly presents the
"simply about forced hijab"comment as though it is a direct quote from Mortazavi, when it was actually written by the author of the opinion article. Contrary to your edit, reliable sources, such as The New Republic ( [6]), make clear that Mortazavi is an outspoken supporter of the Mahsa Amini protests and that "Mortazavi has been vocal about her support for the largely female protests in her home country."
"Negar Mortazavi is known for her close relationships with the Iranian diplomats and especially reformists in Iran and has frequently met with Islamic Republic Foreign Minister of President Hassan Rohani, Javad Zarif,"citing only the aforementioned "The National Telegraph" and a Politico interview with Zarif that was conducted by Mortazavi in her capacity as a journalist. It is not unusual for journalists to interview senior government officials.
"As [sic] a pivotal point for her career, she denied the claims that Islamic Republic of Iran and IRGC shot down the Ukrainian flight PS752 and later tried to defend the regime in accepting its responsibility,"citing a source that you misleadingly labelled
"mortazavi denial of PS752."However, no source by that name exists; the source that you linked to— "Iran commentator Negar Mortazavi discusses the tragic plane crash hours after attack on U.S. bases"—is dated 8 January 2020, the same day as the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 incident, and contains no such noteworthy
"denial,"only a caveat to the effect that
"It's too early to tell."You did not provide any secondary sources to establish the significance of this comment.
"In another incident, Negar Mortazavi tried to discredit the United States Department of State assessment of Islamic Republic of Iran massacre of close to 1500 people in 2019 protests,"citing a source that you misleadingly labelled
"Mortazavi denial."However, no source by that name exists; the source that you linked to— "Iran Protests: Interview with Diplomatic Correspondent Negar Mortazavi," dated 6 December 2019—seemingly makes clear that the figure cited by the Trump administration's hawkish State Department was an outlier relative to contemporaneous reporting by independent human rights observers such as Amnesty International (which cited a "confirmed death toll" of 208 at the time). Moreover, your edit confused the chronology and misrepresented the State Department's position. In fact, Reuters (not the State Department) reported the 1,500 figure on 23 December 2019, citing
"three [unnamed] Iranian interior ministry officials".In its report, Reuters acknowledged that
"[t]he toll of 1,500 is significantly higher than figures from international human rights groups and the United States. A Dec. 16 report by Amnesty International said the death toll was at least 304. The U.S. State Department, in a statement to Reuters, said it estimates that many hundreds of Iranians were killed, and has seen reports that number could be over 1,000."In sum: The Reuters reporting is contested, and it is not
"denial"to question the veracity of the 1,500 figure (if it were, then the State Department itself could be said to have engaged in such
"denial".) However, Mortazavi did not question (let alone
"deny") the 23 December 2019 reporting weeks earlier on 6 December 2019, at least not without the aid of a time machine.
"call undue attention to negative viewpoints"and that
"Segregation of text or other content into different subsections, based solely on the apparent POV of the content itself, may result in an unencyclopedic structure, such as a back-and-forth dialogue between proponents and opponents."On a related note, WP:POVFORK, which is Wikipedia policy, states:
"There is currently no consensus whether a 'Criticism of...' article is always a POV fork, but many criticism articles nevertheless suffer from POV problems. If possible, refrain from using 'criticism' and instead use neutral terms such as 'perception' or 'reception' ... "Certainly, we have many articles on far more contentious figures than Mortazavi that do not feature dedicated "Controversy" or "Criticism" sections; a The Jerusalem Post opinion article that only mentions Mortazavi in passing, combined with several unreliable social media posts and WP:OR criticisms by Wikipedia users, is a remarkably weak basis for incorporating such a dedicated section here.
@ Nov2000: Hi. As far as I can see, you have been editing on Wikipedia for almost 2 years, but the only article you edited is this one and many of your edits are reverted. The history of content removal by you goes back to April 2021, mostly removing material about Mortazavi's connecting with the Iranian government (for example, this edit or your recent edits). A question arises here: Are you in connection with Negar Mortazavi and therefore have a conflict of interest with the subject of this article? Jeeputer Talk 22:34, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
I need to mention that the content you are removing establishes the subject's notability (such as recent controversies, Disinfo investigation issue, etc.). Jeeputer Talk 22:43, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
You keep adding unsubstantiated accusations and false and outdated info about this person with no sources. You added that she is a spokesperson for NIAC an organization she briefly worked at years ago. How is she their a spokesperson if she left in 2014 and her name is nowhere mentioned on their website? I found no current source of her ever speaking on behalf of this organization. If you see any please add it here. https://www.niacouncil.org/news_publications/niac-welcomes-new-media-and-communications-staff/ Nov2000 ( talk) 02:14, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
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This page seems to be under a coordinated attack by a group who seem to have an agenda and keep adding libelous and unfounded accusations against a living person with no credible source. The only link they have added is a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that makes no mention of this person (Mortazavi) anywhere in the piece but is being used as the main source of these accusations. Nov2000 ( talk) 00:34, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Administrator note: I have upped the page protection to admin-only (since it was already on autoconfirmed protection). I don't know what's right and what's wrong here, and am concerned that a person directly involved in the dispute came admin shopping to find me even though I've never had any involvement here at all, but I have still protected it on the version that existed as of the time I was brought in, without regard to what side of the dispute happened to have the upper hand as of that time, but I would stress that this is not necessarily an endorsement of their version — it's just that the editwarring needed to stop right away, so I would obviously request that the appropriateness or inappropriateness of the disputed material be discussed here on the talk page by people with more knowledge of the subject than I have. I will, of course, happily reduce it back to autoconfirmed protection again if and when the dispute is resolved, but since there was already partial page protection on it I didn't mess with the existing time. Editwarring over this must stop, and the material must be discussed. Bearcat ( talk) 14:54, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
On October 18, 2022, Mortazavi was invited to speak at the University of Chicago conference titled "The Power of Iranian Women Now" about the nationwide protests in Iran. This event caught the attention of the Iranian all around the world, as well as Internet users in Iran, and was met with disapproval from them. The protesters claimed that Mortazavi was working on behalf of the Iranian government. He has always denied this claim. This meeting was changed from a face-to-face meeting to a virtual program after threats were announced[14][15].
A local student media in Chicago in America later reported that students and staff at the Institute of Political Science at the university there were forced to evacuate the building because of a "bomb threat" due to Mortazavi's presence. [16] Mortazavi himself wrote on Twitter that the bomb threat was related to his presence at a roundtable discussion at that institution.[12] That claim was denied after investigative reporters contacted local Chicago police.[14][17]
References: References are available on Negar Mortazavi's Wikipedia page in Persian. 2A02:3032:20A:D494:50FB:CB30:D742:C899 ( talk) 09:35, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
University of Chicago Conference (Translated from Wikipedia page in Persian)
On October 18, 2022, Mortazavi was invited to a speech at the University of Chicago titled "The Power of Iranian Women Now" about the nationwide protests in Iran. This event caught the attention of the Iranian community in America and Canada, as well as Internet users in Iran, and was met with disapproval from a group of them. The protesters claimed that Mortazavi works for the benefit of the Iranian government. He has always denied this claim. This meeting was changed from a face-to-face program to a virtual one after threats were announced[14][15].
A local student media in Chicago in America later reported that students and staff at that city's university's Institute of Political Science were forced to evacuate the building because of a "bomb threat" due to Mortazavi's presence. [16] Mortazavi himself wrote on Twitter that the bomb threat was related to his presence at a roundtable at that institution. [12] This claim was denied after investigative journalists contacted local Chicago police. [14][17]
References: References are available on Negar Mortazavi's Wikipedia page in Persian. 2A02:3032:20A:D494:50FB:CB30:D742:C899 ( talk) 09:40, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
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There is a citation to a ARTICLE19 report that never mentions Negar Mortazavi. Please remove the mention of ARTICLE19 and that report on this page (citation 30). Shilan1401 ( talk) 06:44, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
The Article 19 report seems to have anonymized all interviewees and there is no mention of the names of any of the journalists interviewed in the report. It is a very relevant source as the report is about the online harassment that Iranian female journalists outside Iran, including Mortazavi, have been subjected to.
Please keep the source as it is relevant to the subject. I am not sure why they requested to remove a relevant source to a report from a credible organization. Nov2000 ( talk) 01:43, 29 January 2023 (UTC)