Alireza Jafarzadeh - Jafarzadeh in The Media

Jafarzadeh in The Media

On January 15, 2007, Jafarzadeh was a guest on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight news show (6:00 pm ET) discussing Iran's proxy war in Iraq. Jafarzadeh claimed that Iran has 32,000 mercenaries on its payroll in Iraq sabotaging the reconstruction and stabilization efforts.

As late as December 14, 2006, Jafarzadeh was introduced as the past representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in an interview with Claude Salhani in which he responded to comments by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made towards Israel.

As of 2010, Jafarzadeh is a Foreign Affairs Analyst for Fox News, a position he has held since 2003 and is often a guest on Voice of America, or ABC Radio Network's John Batchelor Show. He has lectured at Georgetown University and the University of Michigan. He currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

According to his official website, "Jafarzadeh has frequently appeared on major television and radio broadcasts", including Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CBS Evening News, NBC, ABC, BBC, Sky News, ITN, VOA, and NPR.

On September 24, 2008, Jafarzadeh appeared on foxnews.com "The Strategy Room" with host Heather Nauert, to discuss Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN appearance.

On 20 March 2009, Alireza Jafarzadeh appeared on CBS Evening News commenting on President Barack Obama's New Year Nowrouz message to the Iranian people.

In June 2009, in the morning of the presidential elections, Jafarzadeh appeared on national television, including Fox News Channel and predicted that Ahmadinejad would be declared the winner of the election, in sharp contrast to the views of almost all other prominent Iran experts.

In February 2010, Jafarzadeh appeared on Fox News Channel suggesting that nuclear negotiations with Tehran would not succeed and that Ahmadinejad would become bolder, unless the international community would exploit what he described as extensive potential for change in Iran.

In March 2012, in an interview with Geraldo at Large on Fox News, Alireza Jafarzadeh appeared with Governor Bill Richardson discussing the prospects of Iran policy and what needs to be done to counter the Iranian threat.

In April 2012, in a commentary in the Huffington Post, Jafarzadeh argued that the nuclear talks are doomed to lead to nowhere, as Tehran's agenda is to buy time while building the bomb.

In May 2012, Jafarzadeh, in a commentary in the McClatchy News highlighted the need to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, arguing that over thirty years of concessions made to Tehran has been counterproductive.