Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour is a British-Iranian journalist and television host known for international conflict reporting and global-affairs interviews. She joined CNN in 1983 and became one of the network’s leading international correspondents, covering crises including the Gulf War, Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. She hosts the CNN program *Amanpour*, which also airs on PBS, and has received numerous major broadcast-journalism awards.