Jahanshah Javid

Jahānshah Jāvid
جهانشاه جاوید
Born March 3, 1962
Abadan, Iran
Nationality Iranian-American
Education B.A. Media Studies
Occupation Journalist
Children Mahdiyeh Javid
Parent(s) Manoochehr Javid and Shireen Bakhriar

Jahanshah Javid (Persian: جهانشاه جاوید‎); born March 3, 1962 in Abadan, Iran, is an Iranian American Journalist, and the founder and editor of the online publications iranian.com (1995-2012) and iroon.com.[1]

In 1976 he was sent to high school in the U.S. before returning to Iran after graduation in 1980. In 1981 he joined the Islamic Republic News Agency as a translator[2] and worked there until 1989, including three years in IRNA's office in London in 1985-1988. In late 1989 he left Iran and began studying journalism and communication at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and later Hunter College in New York where he received his B.A. in Media Studies in 1995.[3]

In July 1995 he began Iranian.com,[4] an online magazine about Iran and Iranians. Later in 2012 he sold his share of Iranian.com and began a new online publication called iroon.com.

In 1998-1999 he was the BBC Persian Service correspondent in Washington, DC.

He has been living in Cusco, Peru since 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Jahanshah Javid: From Iranian.com to Iroon.com". tehranbureau.
  2. ↑ "THE IRANIAN: Features, Joining revolution, Jahanshah Javid". iranian.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  3. ↑ "Q&A | Jahanshah Javid: From Iranian.com to Iroon.com". FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  4. ↑ "Jahanshah Javid: From Iranian.com to Iroon.com". 28 Aug 2012. Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.


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