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Rudi Bakhtiar is an Iranian-American journalist who has over a decade's experience working for major international news outlets CNN and Fox News Channel.
Career
Rudi Bakhtiar joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a general correspondent in January 2006, and held that role until July 2007. Prior to joining FNC, Bakhtiar worked for nine years at CNN, joining the network in 1996. During her time at the network, she held multiple positions, including anchoring on the CNN's spin-off network, Headline News, and as a co-anchor of CNN Newsroom, a 30-minute commercial free news program designed for use in the classroom. Throughout her cable news career, she has reported on assignments from numerous countries, in addition to anchoring the start of coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Prior to working as a news anchor, Bakhtiar worked as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.[1]
In 2008, Bakhtiar became the first Director of Public Relations for the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, an organization dedicated to building an inclusive and representative voice in the public and political arena for Iranian Americans.[2]
Personal life
Bakhtiar was born to Iranian immigrants of Bakhtiari heritage; her father died of oropharyngeal cancer in 2005.[3][4] Bakhtiar has a younger brother and younger sister. Shapour Bakhtiar is Rudi Bakhtiar's father's uncle, the last Prime Minister of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and a great aunt of Bakhtiar's was the Shah of Iran's second wife (Soraya Esfandiary). Bakhtiar's great-grandfather is named Sardar Jang.[5]
By age two, her family moved from Fresno, California to Los Angeles, California. When she was five years old, her family moved back to Iran. Bakhtiar was raised in Iran until the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Her family moved back to the United States when she was seventeen years old.[5] She loved to ride horses as a child. Other hobbies include whitewater rafting, waterskiing, scuba diving, snow skiing, horseback riding, tennis, yoga, rock climbing, tae kwon do, and oil painting in her downtime.[6][7]
She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Science in biology, planning to be a dentist; she was accepted to New York University Dental School, but had reservations about going to dental school.[8] In addition, she studied architecture at the Career Discovery Program at the Harvard School of Design.[1]
Bakhtiar is a fan of the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Lakers sports teams.[9]
Recognition
In 2002, Bakhtiar received the Iranian American Republican Council Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding achievements, excellence and accomplishments within the Iranian American community.[citation needed] According to Lycos, she was ninth ranked in the top twenty TV news personalities with the most searches from January through August that year.[10]
In Washington DC, December 4, 2003, Bakhtiar was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the Iranian American Technology Council Gala.[11]
On February 15, 2004, Bakhtiar was the Mistress of Ceremonies (MC) for a Bam earthquake fundraiser that also honored US disaster assistance response teams. The event was organized by the House of Iran (a cultural organization support Iranian culture and traditions), with NIAC, IACA, Science and Arts Foundation, and IAPAC as the supporting organizations.[12]
Bakhtiar was also the Mistress of Ceremonies for the University of California, Irvine lecture given by Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, on May 21, 2005.[13][3]
References
- ^ a b Tartakoff, Joseph (2004-05-10). "CNN Anchor Speaks to Persian Society". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Launches Nationwide". Payvand. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ a b "Center for Citizen Peacebuilding" (Real Audio). Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ Goodman, Tim (2005-10-26). "All the dirt on sci-fi shows and D.C. dramas Rudi Bakhtiar's absence on CNN strongly felt". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ a b Johnson, Marilyn (2002-08-17). "CNN Anchor Rudi Bakhtiar". Iran-va-Jahan. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "CNNfyi". Retrieved 2007-02-27.]
- ^ Lorrie, Lynch (2003-11-30). "Celebs". USA Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Introducing Rudi Bakhtiar". Fox Fan Central. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ Wright, Todd (2005-06-15). "Women of AllNight: Rudi Bakhtiar". Archived from the original on 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ Schatz, Aaron (2002-09-16). "Top TV News Personalities". Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "NIAC". Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "NORTHERN VIRGINIA FUNDRAISER AND AWARD CEREMONY HONORING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS AT BAM". Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Shirin Ebadi Lecture". 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2007-02-27.