Nafiseh Kohnavard
| Nafiseh Kohnavard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 5, 1978 Urmia, Iran |
| Education | University of Tehran |
| Occupation |
BBC Middle East Correspondent |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Nafiseh Kohnavard (Persian: نفیسه کوهنورد; born 5 January 1978) is an Iran born British-Iranian journalist who has covered some of the most dangerous Middle East conflicts in recent times for BBC Persian TV. She covered allied air strikes on Islamic State, the siege of Sinjar, Iraq where the terrorist group massacred thousands of people from the Yazidi religious minority, and the battle between Islamic State and the Kurdish Peshmerga for Kobane in Syria.
She was sacked by hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from Hamshahri newspaper after she asked outgoing president Khatami a few questions in her interview about the "parallel Intelligence services" and Kayhan published articles accusing her of being a spy.[1]
References
- ↑ "50 Iranian Women you Should Know: Nafiseh Koohnavard". IranWire | خانه. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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