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• Journalist
• television host{edih}

• Amanpour (CNN International) Anchor (2009{{nbnd{edih}2010, 2012{{nbnd}}present)
• Amanpour & Company (PBS) Anchor (2018{{nbnd}}present)
• This Week (ABC) Anchor (2010{{nbnd}}2011)
• 60 Minutes (CBS) Reporter (1996{{nbnd}}2005)

James Rubin2018|end=div}}| children = 1}}Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on Finding Your Roots, 22 January 2019 {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE}} ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-Christiane_Amanpour.ogg|ËŒ|k|r|ɪ|s|tʃ|i|ˈ|ɑː|n|_|ËŒ|ɑː|m|É™|n|ˈ|p|ÊŠÉ™r}}; ; born 12 January 1958NEWS,www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/, UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, United Press International, 12 January 2020, 27 June 2020, 13 January 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200113032052/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/, live, … journalist Christiane Amanpour in 1958 (age 62), ) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International’s nightly interview program Amanpour and CNN’s The Amanpour Hour on Saturdays. She also hosts Amanpour & Company on PBS.WEB, Amanpour - CNN,edition.cnn.com/shows/amanpour, 2023-03-24, CNN, 29 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210129153440/https://edition.cnn.com/shows/amanpour, live,

Early life and education

Amanpour was born in the West London suburb of Ealing, the daughter of Mohammad Taghi Amanpour (Iranian) and Anne Patricia Hill (British).NEWS, Christiane Amanpour’s Biography,abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/christiane-amanpour/biography-anchor-week-christiane-amanpour/story?id=11208824, ABC News, 23 August 2010, 12 June 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180612163334/https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/christiane-amanpour/biography-anchor-week-christiane-amanpour/story?id=11208824, live, She was baptized at the Church of Saint Benedict in Ealing and was raised in Tehran until the age of eleven.WEB,www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=xvrQRj8yR8Qjl9d5UIZHzw&scan=1, Index entry, 7 March 2020, FreeBMD, ONS, 27 July 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200727193406/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=xvrQRj8yR8Qjl9d5UIZHzw&scan=1, live, {{YouTube|kLzKXhbumL8|ABC News video: “Back to the Beginning: Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity“}} retrieved 10 August 2013 | Minute 6:06 | “My mother is a Christian from England and my father was a Muslim from Iran. I married a Jewish American.” Her father was Shia Muslim and her mother was Roman Catholic.Her father worked as an airline executive for Iran Air and later lost his job and fortune after the Iran Revolution in 1979. After completing the more significant part of her primary school education in Iran, her parents sent her to private boarding schools in England when she was 11. She first attended the Convent of the Holy Cross, an all-girls preparatory school in Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, and then, at the age of 16, she attended New Hall School, a Roman Catholic school in Chelmsford, Essex. Christiane and her family returned to England shortly after the Islamic Revolution began. She maintains that they were not forced to leave the country but were returning to England due to the Iran–Iraq War. The family ultimately remained in England, finding it difficult to return to Iran.WEB,www.wowowow.com/pov/lesley-stahl-interview-christiane-amanpour-height-iranian-election-aftermath-322988?page=0%2C2,www.wowowow.com/pov/lesley-stahl-interview-christiane-amanpour-height-iranian-election-aftermath-322988?page=0%2C2," title="web.archive.org/web/20100625021437www.wowowow.com/pov/lesley-stahl-interview-christiane-amanpour-height-iranian-election-aftermath-322988?page=0%2C2,">web.archive.org/web/20100625021437www.wowowow.com/pov/lesley-stahl-interview-christiane-amanpour-height-iranian-election-aftermath-322988?page=0%2C2, dead, The Lesley Stahl Interview: Christiane Amanpour, at the height of the Iranian Election Crisis, 25 June 2010, After leaving New Hall, Amanpour moved to the United States to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island. During her time there, she worked in the news department at WBRU-FM in Providence, Rhode Island. She also worked for NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence as an electronic graphics designer.WEB, CPJ Board of Directors, Committee to Protect Journalists,www.cpj.org/development/board.html#ca, 18 June 2007, 3 September 2012,web.archive.org/web/20120903031852/https://cpj.org/development/board.html#ca, live, In 1983, Amanpour graduated from the university summa cum laude and Phi Beta KappaNEWS,www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/style/weddings-jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour.html, Weddings; Jamie Rubin, Christiane Amanpour, The New York Times, 9 August 1998, 15 February 2017, 14 March 2017,www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/style/weddings-jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170314185922www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/style/weddings-jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170314185922www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/style/weddings-jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour.html, live, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.WEB,usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm, Profile of Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent, 24 August 2007, Deborah White, 25 February 2012,usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20120225120009usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20120225120009usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm, dead, On 23 October 2007, she received the Commander badge (No. 3) of the Order of the British Empire for her journalism work.NEWS, Queen honors CNN’s Amanpour,www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/23/amanpour.honor/, 31 January 2024, CNN, 2007, NEWS, Krinsky, Alissa, Christiane Amanpour Honored By Queen Elizabeth II,www.adweek.com/tvnewser/christiane-amanpour-honored-by-queen-elizabeth-ii/, 31 January 2024, TVNewser, CNN, 23 October 2007,

Career

1983–2010: CNN

In 1983, Amanpour was hired by CNN on the foreign desk in Atlanta, Georgia, as an entry-level desk assistant. During her early years as a correspondent, she was given her first major assignment covering the Iran–Iraq War, followed by a transfer in 1986 to Eastern Europe to report on the fall of European communism.WEB, Christiane Amanpour, CNN International Chief Correspondent, about.com,usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm, 24 August 2007, 25 February 2012,usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20120225120009usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20120225120009usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/Amanpour.htm, dead, In 1989, she was assigned to work in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. By 1990, she served as a correspondent for CNN’s New York bureau.WEB, Kumar, Tarini, CNN Profiles - Christiane Amanpour - Chief International Anchor,www.cnn.com/profiles/christiane-amanpour-profile, 2023-11-13, CNN, en, Following Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait in 1990, Amanpour’s reports of the Persian Gulf War brought her wide notice while also taking CNN to a new level of news coverage.{{buzzword inline|date=November 2022}} Thereafter, she reported from the Bosnian war and other conflict zones. While in Bosnia, she interviewed Serb general Ratko Mladic, who would later be convicted of genocide. Because of her emotional delivery from Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo, viewers and critics questioned her professional objectivity, claiming that many of her reports were unjustified and favored the Bosnian Muslims, to which she replied:}}Amanpour gained a reputation for being fearless during the Gulf and Bosnian wars for reporting from conflict areas.NEWS, The Wooing of Amanpour,www.newsweek.com/1996/05/19/the-wooing-of-amanpour.html, 31 July 2010, Newsweek, 20 May 1996, 9 January 2015,www.newsweek.com/1996/05/19/the-wooing-of-amanpour.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150109002330www.newsweek.com/1996/05/19/the-wooing-of-amanpour.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150109002330www.newsweek.com/1996/05/19/the-wooing-of-amanpour.html, live, From 1992 to 2010, Amanpour was CNN’s chief international correspondent. From 2009 to 2010, she was the anchor of Amanpour, a daily CNN interview program. Amanpour has reported on major crises from many of the world’s hotspots, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Balkans and from the United States during Hurricane Katrina. She has secured exclusive interviews with world leaders from the Middle East to Europe, Africa and beyond, including Iranian presidents Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as the presidents of Afghanistan, Sudan, and Syria, among others.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} After 9/11, she was the first international correspondent to interview British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Other interviewees have included Hillary Clinton, Nicolás Maduro, Hassan Rouhani, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, John Kerry, the Dalai Lama, Robert Mugabe and Moammar Gadhafi.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1rqFMmdCY,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/__1rqFMmdCY, 2021-12-12, live, U S Exclusive Moammar Gadhafi Tells Christiane Amanpour that Libya’s People Love Him ABC News, YouTube, 29 July 2014, {{cbignore}}She has also conducted interviews with Constantine II of Greece, Reza Pahlavi, Ameera al-Taweel and actors Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdxXKHOZvWw, Angelina Jolie on CNN with Christiane Amanpour Pt2*full interview*, YouTube, 12 February 2010, 29 July 2014, 6 December 2015,web.archive.org/web/20151206073718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdxXKHOZvWw, live, From 1996 to 2005, she was contracted by 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt to file four to five in-depth international news reports a year as a special contributor. These reports garnered her a Peabody Award in 199858th Annual Peabody Awards {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006163854www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/personal-award-christiane-amanpour-for-international-reporting |date=6 October 2014 }}, May 1999. (she had earlier been awarded one in 199353rd Annual Peabody Awards {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160000www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/personal-award-christiane-amanpour |date=6 October 2014 }}, May 1994.). Hewitt’s successor Jeff Fager terminated her contract.

Bosnian War reporting

On 9 October 1994, Stephen Kinzer of The New York Times criticized Amanpour’s general coverage of the Bosnian War. Kinzer quoted a colleague’s description of Amanpour as she reported on a terrorist bombing in the Markale marketplace of the Bosnian city of Sarajevo:[Christiane Amanpour] was sitting in Belgrade when that marketplace massacre happened, and she went on air to say that the Serbs had probably done it. There was no way she could have known that. She assumed an omniscience that no journalist has.(2007-10-04). “Amanpour’s Troubling Journalism” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706171509www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=14&x_article=1370 |date=6 July 2017 }} by Steven Stotsky, CAMERA, 4 October 2004Amanpour has responded to the criticism leveled on her reporting from the war in the former Yugoslavia for “lack of neutrality”, stating:Some people accused me of being pro–Muslim in Bosnia, but I realized that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in cases of genocide, you can’t just be neutral. You can’t just say, “Well, this little boy was shot in the head and killed in besieged Sarajevo and that guy over there did it, but maybe he was upset because he argued with his wife.” No, there is no equality, and we had to tell the truth.“What we do is really tough” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131042409www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/15/television |date=31 January 2017 }} by Julie Ferry, The Guardian (London), 15 August 2007In 2019, retired commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Saeed Qassemi spoke of his and his comrades’ participation as combatants in the Bosnian War, with him having been disguised as staff of the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Shortly after, in April 2019, Qassemi claimed that Amanpour had uncovered their deception.WEB,en.radiofarda.com/a/former-guard-s-commander-summoned-to-court-for-damaging-remarks/29900818.html, Former Guard’s Commander Summoned To Court For Damaging Remarks, Radio Farda, 24 April 2019, 10 June 2021, 9 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210609221934/https://en.radiofarda.com/a/former-guard-s-commander-summoned-to-court-for-damaging-remarks/29900818.html, live,

2010–2012: ABC News

On 18 March 2010, Amanpour announced she would leave CNN for ABC News, where she would anchor This Week. She said, “I’m thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor This Week in the superb tradition started by David Brinkley is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day. I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love, and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.“NEWS,news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/18/christiane-amanpour-to-join-abc-news/?hpt=T2, CNN, Christiane Amanpour to join ABC News, 30 April 2010, 18 March 2010, 23 March 2010,news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/18/christiane-amanpour-to-join-abc-news/?hpt=T2," title="web.archive.org/web/20100323032317news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/18/christiane-amanpour-to-join-abc-news/?hpt=T2,">web.archive.org/web/20100323032317news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/18/christiane-amanpour-to-join-abc-news/?hpt=T2, live, She hosted her first broadcast on 1 August 2010.During her first two months as host, the ratings for This Week reached their lowest point since 2003.NEWS, This Weak: Christiane Amanpour Leads ABC To Worst Ratings Since 2003, Krakauer, Steve, Mediaite, 27 September 2010,www.mediaite.com/tv/this-weak-amanpour-leads-abc-to-worst-ratings-since-2003/, 27 September 2010, 28 September 2010,www.mediaite.com/tv/this-weak-amanpour-leads-abc-to-worst-ratings-since-2003/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100928161149www.mediaite.com/tv/this-weak-amanpour-leads-abc-to-worst-ratings-since-2003/,">web.archive.org/web/20100928161149www.mediaite.com/tv/this-weak-amanpour-leads-abc-to-worst-ratings-since-2003/, live, On 28 February 2011, she interviewed Muammar Gaddafi and his sons Saif al-Islam and Al-Saadi Gaddafi.NEWS, ‘This Week’ Transcript: Saif al-Islam and Saadi Gadhafi,abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-saif-al-islam-saadi-gadhafi/story?id=13012239&page=4, This Week, 27 February 2011, 27 June 2020, 27 July 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200727133518/https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-saif-al-islam-saadi-gadhafi/story?id=13012239&page=4, live, NEWS, Amanpour, Christiane, ‘My People Love Me’: Moammar Gadhafi Denies Demonstrations Against Him Anywhere in Libya,abcnews.go.com/International/christiane-amanpour-interviews-libyas-moammar-gadhafi/story?id=13019942, ABC News, 28 February 2011, 27 June 2020, 19 May 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190519151020/https://abcnews.go.com/International/christiane-amanpour-interviews-libyas-moammar-gadhafi/story?id=13019942, live, On 13 December 2011, ABC announced Amanpour would be leaving her post as anchor of ABC News’ This Week on 8 January 2012 and returning to CNN International, where she had previously worked for 27 years and maintained a reporting role at ABC News.NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/national/stephanopoulos-back-to-replace-amanpour-at-abcs-this-week-will-remain-host-of-gma/2011/12/13/gIQAUtxUsO_story.html,web.archive.org/web/20190330170229/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/stephanopoulos-back-to-replace-amanpour-at-abcs-this-week-will-remain-host-of-gma/2011/12/13/gIQAUtxUsO_story.html, dead, 30 March 2019, Sorry, we can’t seem to find the page you’re looking for., 13 December 2011, The Washington Post,

2012–present: Return to CNN

File:Secretary Kerry Sits Down for Interview With CNN Chief International Correspondent Amanpour After EU, P5+1 Reached Nuclear Agreement With Iran in Vienna (19695778891).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|With U.S. Secretary of State John KerryJohn KerryA day later on 14 December 2011, in statements by ABC and CNN, it was announced that in a “unique arrangement”, Amanpour would begin hosting a program on CNN International in 2012 while continuing at ABC News as a global affairs anchor.“Amanpour to return to CNN” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214234416edition.cnn.com/2011/12/13/world/cnn-amanpour/index.html?hpt=hp_bn4 |date=14 December 2011 }} CNN, 14 December 2011It was later revealed that in the spring of 2012, CNN International would refresh its line-up, putting the interview show Amanpour back on air.NEWS, ‘Amanpour’: Christiane Amanpour’s CNN International Show Launching in Spring,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/christiane-amanpours-cnn-show_n_1247650.html, HuffPost, 1 February 2012, Katherine, Fung, 1 February 2012, 5 February 2012,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/christiane-amanpours-cnn-show_n_1247650.html?," title="web.archive.org/web/20120205073758www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/christiane-amanpours-cnn-show_n_1247650.html?,">web.archive.org/web/20120205073758www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/christiane-amanpours-cnn-show_n_1247650.html?, live, On-air promotions said she would return to CNN International on 16 April. Her 30-minute New York-recorded show – to be screened twice an evening – would mean that the US parent network’s Piers Morgan Tonight interview show would be “bumped” out of its 9:00 p.m. (Central European Time) slot to midnight (CET).“Christiane Amanpour Bumps Piers Morgan on CNN International” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405043249www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/piers-morgan-tonight-christiane-amanpour-cnn-international-286641 |date=5 April 2012 }}, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.On 9 September 2013, the show and staff were moved to the CNN International office and the show is currently being produced and broadcast from London.On 7 January 2015, Amanpour made headlines during a “Breaking News” segment on CNN by referring to the Islamic extremists who murdered the 12 journalists at Charlie Hebdo as “activists”: “On this day, these activists found their targets, and their targets were journalists. This was a clear attack on the freedom of expression, on the press, and on satire”.WEB,www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/10/christiane-amanpour-calls-charlie-hebdo-terrorists/, Christiane Amanpour calls Charlie Hebdo terrorists ‘activists’; CNN star slammed by Greg Gutfeld, The Washington Times, 13 January 2015, 14 January 2015,www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/10/christiane-amanpour-calls-charlie-hebdo-terrorists/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150114072235www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/10/christiane-amanpour-calls-charlie-hebdo-terrorists/,">web.archive.org/web/20150114072235www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/10/christiane-amanpour-calls-charlie-hebdo-terrorists/, live, On 28 January 2019, Christiane Amanpour and Mary Ellen Schmider and Manfred Philipp gave the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.WEB,fulbright.org/2019/01/31/angela-merkel-awarded-fulbright-prize-for-international-understanding/, Angela Merkel Awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Fulbright Association, 21 May 2023, 21 May 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230521205403/https://fulbright.org/2019/01/31/angela-merkel-awarded-fulbright-prize-for-international-understanding/, live, File:191022-D-AP390-3257 (48949040178).jpg|thumb|Amanpour interviewing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in 2019, in front of a wing-mount ram air turbineram air turbineOn 12 November 2020, Amanpour compared the Trump administration to the Nazis and Kristallnacht, saying, “It was the Nazis’ warning shot across the bow of our human civilization that led to genocide against a whole identity, and in that tower of burning books, it led to an attack on fact, knowledge, history and truth. After four years of a modern-day assault on those same values by Donald Trump, the Biden-Harris team pledges a return to norms, including the truth.” The Israeli government, along with some Jewish groups, called for Amanpour to apologize for this comparison. Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich urged an “immediate and public apology” for “belittling of the immense tragedy of the Holocaust.“WEB, Alexandra Hutzler on 11/13/20 at 11:32 AM EST, 2020-11-13, CNN under fire for segment comparing Trump’s tenure to Nazi Germany,www.newsweek.com/cnn-under-fire-segment-comparing-trumps-tenure-nazi-germany-1547258, 2020-11-16, Newsweek, en, 16 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201116103858/https://www.newsweek.com/cnn-under-fire-segment-comparing-trumps-tenure-nazi-germany-1547258, live, WEB, Ahren, Raphael, Israel calls on CNN’s Amanpour to apologize for comparing Trump to Nazis,www.timesofisrael.com/israel-calls-on-cnns-amanpour-to-apologize-for-comparing-trump-to-nazis/, 2020-11-16, The Times of Israel, en-US, 16 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201116160422/https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-calls-on-cnns-amanpour-to-apologize-for-comparing-trump-to-nazis/, live, WEB, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour compares Trump-era to Kristallnacht,www.jpost.com/us-elections/cnns-christiane-amanpour-compares-trump-era-to-kristallnacht-649016, 2020-11-16, The Jerusalem Post {{!, JPost.com|date=13 November 2020 |language=en-US|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022700www.jpost.com/us-elections/cnns-christiane-amanpour-compares-trump-era-to-kristallnacht-649016|url-status=live}}

Refusal to wear a headscarf

In September 2022, Amanpour terminated a scheduled TV interview with President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi in New York City during the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, following a last–minute demand that she wear a Chador headscarf while filming.NEWS, Thomas, Merlyn, Iran: CNN cancels interview with Iranian president over headscarf demand,www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63000854, 22 September 2022, BBC News, 22 Sep 2022, 22 September 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220922181830/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63000854, live, Amanpour vehemently responded that she could not agree to the “unprecedented and unexpected condition” and later reflected on the controversial situation, declaring that:WEB, Mackintosh, Eliza, Iran’s President abandons CNN interview after Amanpour declines head scarf demand,www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/middleeast/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-christiane-amanpour-intl/index.html, CNN, 23 September 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220923010606/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/middleeast/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-christiane-amanpour-intl/index.html, September 23, 2022, September 22, 2022, live, NEWS, Farhi, Paul, Amanpour says Iran’s president canceled interview when she wouldn’t cover head,www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/22/cnn-host-says-she-wouldnt-cover-her-head-so-irans-president-canceled-her/, The Washington Post, 23 September 2022,archive.today/20220923031811/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/22/cnn-host-says-she-wouldnt-cover-her-head-so-irans-president-canceled-her/, September 23, 2022, September 22, 2022, live, }}

On Syria

In late 2013, Amanpour raised the argument for intervention in Syria against the Assad government, which has been fighting against Syrian opposition forces. She has appeared on several news programs in the UK in which she criticized the Obama administration for its non-interventionist approach to Syria.

Public Broadcasting Service

In May 2018, it was announced that Amanpour would permanently replace Charlie Rose on PBS after he was fired due to allegations of sexual misconduct.NEWS,money.cnn.com/2018/05/08/media/christiane-amanpour-program-pbs/index.html?subid=22645325&CMP=patriarchy, Christiane Amanpour named as Charlie Rose’s official replacement, Stelter, Brian, CNNMoney, 2018-05-12, 27 July 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200727142053/https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/08/media/christiane-amanpour-program-pbs/index.html?subid=22645325&CMP=patriarchy, live, Her new program, Amanpour & Company, premiered on PBS on 10 September 2018.NEWS, Koblin, John, Christiane Amanpour Takes the Old ‘Charlie Rose’ Slot on PBS,www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/business/media/christiane-amanpour-pbs-charlie-rose.html, 9 September 2018, The New York Times, 9 September 2018, en, 9 September 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180909211244/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/business/media/christiane-amanpour-pbs-charlie-rose.html, live, From the time of Charlie Rose’s departure from PBS until the new show premiered, Amanpour was aired on PBS stations, as Amanpour on PBS.In 2020, Christiane Amanpour was doing the PBS daily program, Amanpour & Company, from her home in England, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her program continues to be seen on television on PBS at many stations in various areas of the US, including at least four TV stations in the greater Los Angeles region of southern California.In April 2023, Amanpour misspoke and said that Israeli shooting victims Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee had been killed in a “shootout” instead of a “shooting,” while the family was travelling in a car in the West Bank. Amanpour contacted the father of the family to personally apologise for misspeaking and subsequently did the same on her show.NEWS, CNN’s Christine Amanpour apologizes after wrongly claiming that rabbi’s family was killed in ‘shootout’,www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-christine-amanpour-apologizes-wrongly-claiming-rabbis-family-was-killed-shootout, Fox News, 23 May 2023, 23 May 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230523174733/https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-christine-amanpour-apologizes-wrongly-claiming-rabbis-family-was-killed-shootout, live, NEWS, CNN’s Christine Amanpour apologises to Leo Dee for calling the attack a ‘shootout’,www.thejc.com/news/world/christiane-amanpour-apologises-to-leo-dee-for-calling-attack-a-shootout-412BmWncz8EekyuH3sFYxb, The Jewish Chronicle, 23 May 2023, 23 May 2023, 23 May 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230523110856/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/christiane-amanpour-apologises-to-leo-dee-for-calling-attack-a-shootout-412BmWncz8EekyuH3sFYxb, live,

Affiliations

Amanpour is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the board of directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists,WEB, Board of Directors,cpj.org/about/board-of-directors.php, Committee to Protect Journalists, 10 June 2012, 12 June 2012,www.cpj.org/about/board-of-directors.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20120612090010www.cpj.org/about/board-of-directors.php,">web.archive.org/web/20120612090010www.cpj.org/about/board-of-directors.php, live, the Center for Public Integrity,WEB, Board of Directors,www.iwatchnews.org/about/our-people/board-of-directors, Center for Public Integrity, 10 June 2012, dead,www.iwatchnews.org/about/our-people/board-of-directors," title="web.archive.org/web/20120701143630www.iwatchnews.org/about/our-people/board-of-directors,">web.archive.org/web/20120701143630www.iwatchnews.org/about/our-people/board-of-directors, 1 July 2012, the International Women’s Media Foundation,WEB,www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx, International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), dead,www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20100804163048www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20100804163048www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx, 4 August 2010, and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.WEB, About Us,iwpr.net/about, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 18 June 2015, 6 December 2014,web.archive.org/web/20141206145719/https://iwpr.net/about, live, Since April 2015 she has served as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and journalist safety.WEB,en.unesco.org/news/christiane-amanpour-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-freedom-expression-and-journalist-safety, Christiane Amanpour named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety, 29 April 2015, UNESCO, 2016-12-14, 12 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200612063108/https://en.unesco.org/news/christiane-amanpour-named-unesco-goodwill-ambassador-freedom-expression-and-journalist-safety, live,

Personal life

File:Duomo di Santo Stefano.jpg|thumb|The Church of Saint Stephen the Martyr (1427), where Amanpour and James Rubin had their Catholic wedding in 1998. Bracciano, ItalyBracciano, ItalyOn 9 August 1998, Amanpour married James Rubin at the Roman Catholic parish of Saint Stephen in Bracciano, Italy. The wedding was officiated by the Catholic priest, Father Ambrose O’Farrell of the Dominican Order. Rubin is a former US Assistant Secretary of State and spokesman for the US State Department during the Clinton administration and an informal adviser to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and to former President Barack Obama. She became pregnant at the age of forty–one, and their only son, John Darius Rubin, was born in Columbia Hospital for Women on 27 March 2000. Having lived in London since 2000, they moved to New York City in 2010, where they rented an apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.WEB,www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour-to-london-092064, Rubin, Amanpour to London, Politico, Mike Allen, 31 May 2013, 8 October 2016, 9 October 2016,www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour-to-london-092064," title="web.archive.org/web/20161009175535www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour-to-london-092064,">web.archive.org/web/20161009175535www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jamie-rubin-christiane-amanpour-to-london-092064, live, In May 2013, Rubin announced that the family would return to London to work on several projects,NEWS, AMANPOUR’S HUSBAND RESIGNS AS PORT AUTHORITY HEAD,hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PORT_AUTHORITY_COMMISSIONER_RESIGNS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT, Associated Press, 2 June 2013, {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and in October of the same year, Amanpour stated that she and her husband would be relocating to London permanently:{{cbignore}}}}In July 2018, Amanpour and Rubin announced they were divorcing.WEB,people.com/tv/christiane-amanpour-jamie-rubin-divorce/, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Husband Jamie Rubin Are Divorcing After 20 Years, 12 July 2018, 11 July 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180711180834/https://people.com/tv/christiane-amanpour-jamie-rubin-divorce/, live, Amanpour is a relative by marriage of Commander–General Nader Jahanbani of the Imperial Iranian Air Force of nearly twenty years until he was executed by the Islamic Revolutionaries in 1979, and of his younger brother Khosrow Jahanbani who was married to Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi. Amanpour’s uncle, Captain Nasrallah Amanpour, was married to the younger sister of Khosrow and Nader.WEB,www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8410300143, عبدالله شهبازي ،مورخ برجسته ايراني: خانواده “كريستين امانپور” از بهائيان سرشناس استان فارس بودند, 20 January 2006, Farsnews.ir, 29 July 2014, 21 December 2014,www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8410300143," title="web.archive.org/web/20141221210357www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8410300143,">web.archive.org/web/20141221210357www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8410300143, live, In June 2021, Amanpour announced that she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had “major successful surgery to remove it”, and would undergo several months of chemotherapy.NEWS, 2021-06-14, Christiane Amanpour: CNN star says she has ovarian cancer, en-GB, BBC News,www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57478078, 2021-06-15, 15 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210615044143/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57478078, live,

Media appearances

Amanpour appeared in the television series Gilmore Girls as herself in the finale, “Bon Voyage” (2007). Throughout the series, Amanpour was an inspiration to one of the main characters, an aspiring journalist Rory Gilmore. In July 2009 she appeared in a Harper’s Bazaar magazine article entitled “Christiane Amanpour Gets a High-Fashion Makeover”.NEWS, Davis, Diane, Christiane Amanpour Gets a High-Fashion Makeover,www.stylelist.com/2009/07/16/christiane-amanpour-gets-a-high-fashion-makeover/, StyleList, 16 July 2009, 7 July 2011, 6 September 2010,www.stylelist.com/2009/07/16/christiane-amanpour-gets-a-high-fashion-makeover," title="web.archive.org/web/20100906093536www.stylelist.com/2009/07/16/christiane-amanpour-gets-a-high-fashion-makeover,">web.archive.org/web/20100906093536www.stylelist.com/2009/07/16/christiane-amanpour-gets-a-high-fashion-makeover, live, Amanpour played herself in newscasts in the films Iron Man 2 and The Pink Panther 2. In (Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey), she voiced Enheduanna in the episode “(The Immortals (Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episode)|The Immortals)”.In 2014, Amanpour narrated “Women in War”, an episode of season 2 of (Makers: Women Who Make America).WEB,www.pbs.org/makers/season-two/women-in-war/, Women in War - MAKERS Season 2 - PBS, PBS, 25 August 2017, 12 November 2017,www.pbs.org/makers/season-two/women-in-war/," title="web.archive.org/web/20171112222350www.pbs.org/makers/season-two/women-in-war/,">web.archive.org/web/20171112222350www.pbs.org/makers/season-two/women-in-war/, live, In 2016 Amanpour was a castaway on the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs. As her luxury item, she chose a guitar previously owned by Bruce Springsteen.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07wnbj2, Christiane Amanpour, Desert Island Discs - BBC Radio 4, BBC, 4 September 2018, 30 August 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180830091141/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07wnbj2, live,

List of Recognitions

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• 1993: Livingston Award for Young Journalists
• 1993: George Polk Award for Television Reporting
• 1993: George Foster Peabody Personal Award
• 1994: Woman of the Year, New York Chapter of “Women in Cable”
• 1994: Courage in Journalism Award, International Women’s Media FoundationIWMF website WEB,www.iwmf.org/article.aspx?id=589&c=cijwinner, IWMF : International Women’s Media Foundation - Christiane Amanpour, France, 2010-07-20, dead,www.iwmf.org/article.aspx?id=589&c=cijwinner," title="web.archive.org/web/20100131054606www.iwmf.org/article.aspx?id=589&c=cijwinner,">web.archive.org/web/20100131054606www.iwmf.org/article.aspx?id=589&c=cijwinner, 31 January 2010,
• 1995: Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, University of Rhode Island
• 1996: George Polk Award for Television Reporting
• 1997: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Emory University
• 1997: Nymphe d’Honneur at the Monte Carlo Television Festival
• 1998: George Foster Peabody Personal Award for International Reporting
• 2000: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of AchievementWEB, Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org, American Academy of Achievement,achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/, 23 December 2020, 15 December 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/, live,
• 2002: Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
• 2002: Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, at Harvard Kennedy SchoolWEB,www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/backup/pr_goldsmith_amanpour_030802.htm, Christiane Amanpour to Receive Goldsmith Career Award Ceremony to Highlight 10th Anniversary Celebration, 24 August 2007, 8 March 2002,www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/backup/pr_goldsmith_amanpour_030802.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20071218182005www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/backup/pr_goldsmith_amanpour_030802.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20071218182005www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/backup/pr_goldsmith_amanpour_030802.htm, 18 December 2007, dead,
• 2005: International Emmy, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• 2006: Honorary citizen, city of Sarajevo
• 2006: Honorary doctorate degree from the University of Michigan for her contributions to journalism
• 2007: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News AssociationWEB,www.rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award.U4FBHS8-Ngc, Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association, 27 May 2014, 25 February 2013,rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award.U4FBHS8-Ngc," title="web.archive.org/web/20130225052416rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award.U4FBHS8-Ngc,">web.archive.org/web/20130225052416rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award.U4FBHS8-Ngc, dead,
• 2007: Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Birthday Honours for services to journalism{{London Gazette|issue=58358 |supp=y|page=7|date=15 June 2007 }}
• 2007: Persian Woman of the Year
• 2008: The Fourth Estate Award (National Press Club)
• 2008: Celebrating Women Award from The New York Women’s FoundationWEB, The History of the Celebrating Women Breakfast,www.nywf.org/celebrating-women-breakfast/, 29 January 2015, dead,www.nywf.org/celebrating-women-breakfast/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150126044029www.nywf.org/celebrating-women-breakfast/,">web.archive.org/web/20150126044029www.nywf.org/celebrating-women-breakfast/, 26 January 2015,
• 2010: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesWEB, Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A,www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 17 April 2011, 18 June 2006,www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20060618085753www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20060618085753www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf, live,
• 2010: Honorary doctorate of humane letters degree, Northwestern University
• 2010: Honorary doctorate from Georgia State University for her contributions to journalism
• 2010: Honorary member of the graduating class of 2010 of Harvard College
• 2011: Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationWEB, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 29 January 2009,cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award, 23 November 2016, 20 March 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190320212556/https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award, live,
• 2012: Honorary doctorate of humane letters, Amherst College
• 2012: Honorary doctorate of humane letters, University of Southern California
• 2015: TV Personality of the Year by Association for International Broadcasting
• 2019: Received the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona School of Journalism.WEB,journalism.arizona.edu/news/cnns-amanpour-receive-2019-zenger-award, CNN’s Amanpour receives 2019 Zenger Award, 27 March 2019, journalism.arizona.edu, 21 October 2019, 21 October 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191021192205/https://journalism.arizona.edu/news/cnns-amanpour-receive-2019-zenger-award, live,
• 2022: Daily Kos marked her among trailblazing women of history born between 9 through 16 January along with three other Iranians, Taraneh Alidoosti (Actress), Kimia Alizadeh (athlete), and Nadia Maftouni (Philosopher).WEB, Christiane Amanpour Among Trailblazing Women of History,www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/15/2074719/-WOW2-January-s-Trailblazing-Women-and-Events-in-Our-History-January-9-through-16-2022,web.archive.org/web/20221202123753/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/15/2074719/-WOW2-January-s-Trailblazing-Women-and-Events-in-Our-History-January-9-through-16-2022, 2 December 2022,
• 2022: Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication, Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication (Feb 23, 2022)
• 2023: Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage
• 2023: Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Courageous Women in Journalism and Peacebuilding, received in a ceremony at Georgetown University, along with 3 other women: Alaa Salah, Muna Luqman, and Ghalia Alrahhal.WEB,giwps.georgetown.edu/event/2023-hillary-rodham-clinton-awards/, Voices for Peace: Celebrating Courageous Women in Journalism and Peacebuilding, 5 October 2023, giwps.georgetown.edu/, 6 October 2023, 6 October 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231006215417/https://giwps.georgetown.edu/event/2023-hillary-rodham-clinton-awards/, live, {{div col end}}

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• Director on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
• Fellow, Society of Professional Journalists
• Fourteen Emmy news/documentary awards
• Major role in two DuPont awards given to CNN
• Major role in a Golden CableACE award given to CNN
• Honorary board member of the Daniel Pearl Foundation
• Member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island
• Sigma Delta Chi Award (SDX) for her reports from Goma, Zaire
• Forbes named her one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
• POP Award, by “Cable Positive”

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• Christiane Amanpour: career in pictures, The Guardian
• 2000 Murrow Awards Ceremony Speech, 2000
• Christiane Amanpour’s Interview on NPR, 3 December 2008
• Christiane Amanpour, at the Height of the Iranian Election Crisis—Interview by Lesley Stahl, 23 June 2009
• Christiane Amanpour’s Class Day speech at Harvard University, 26 May 2010
• www.makers.com/christiane-amanpour" title="web.archive.org/web/20120710001659www.makers.com/christiane-amanpour">Christiane Amanpour—Video produced by (Makers: Women Who Make America)

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