Amanpour, Christiane (1958–)

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Amanpour, Christiane (1958–)

Iranian-American news reporter. Born Jan 12, 1958, in London, England; spent early years in Tehran, Iran; eldest of 4 daughters of Mohamed Amanpour (Iranian airline executive) and Patricia Amanpour (British); attended Holy Cross Convent School in Buckinghamshire, England, then New Hall School; University of Rhode Island, BA in journalism; m. Jamie Rubin (spokesman for the State Department), 1998; children: Darius John Rubin (b. 2000).

During the Islamic revolution (1979), parents were forced to flee Iran; moved to US to major in journalism at University of Rhode Island; joined CNN as an assistant for the international news desk (1983); became producer-correspondent at its NY bureau (1986), then Frankfurt (1989), where she was CNN's main reporter during the pro-democracy movement in Eastern Europe; came to prominence reporting from Kuwait during the 1st Gulf War; also reported on the violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.