Rana Rahimpour

Rana Rahimpour (Persian: رعنا رحیم‌پور, born 9 January 1983) is an Iranian-British journalist who worked as the BBC Persian’s Lead Presenter and bilingual correspondent since 2008 until 2023.

Rana Rahimpour
Journalist Rana Rahimpour, 2023
Born (1983-01-09) 9 January 1983
Nationality
  • British
  • Iranian
OccupationJournalist
Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/r.rahimpour

Life

Rahimpour was born on 9 January 1983 in Tehran, Iran. She was raised in Tehran. Rahimpour attended university in Iran and lived there for the first 25 years of her life. She studied English-Persian Translation at the Islamic Azad University and accounting at Al-Zahra University. She moved to London in 2008 to work for BBC Persian TV. Rahimpour left the BBC in order to ''have access to more platforms as a freelance journalist so to be a voice for the Iranians fighting for democracy.''[1] [2] As one of the main anchors of BBC Persian TV, she was under constant attacks and threats by the Iranian regime. [3] Rana Rahimpour has faced death threats and had family members detained due to her work for the BBC. [4]

She has covered major stories including Iran's nuclear programme,[5] Iran's Presidential elections 2009 and its aftermath both for BBC Persian television and BBC World Service[6] and the Iranian Presidential election of 2013.[7][8] As a bilingual reporter, Rahimpour covers Iranian politics on multiple BBC platforms,[9] including the flagship news programme Newsnight.[10] Since the beginning of 2018, Rahimpour has appeared on News At Ten.[11] Rahimpour's Toothpaste piece for BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondents was on the program's 2018 highlights.[12] She interviewed BBC's John Simpson for the 40th anniversary of Iranian Revolution of 1979.[13]

She is one of the outspoken advocates of free press and has been campaigning against the harassment of BBC Persian journalists and their family members in Iran.[14] [15]In 2018, she addressed the United Nation's Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for an end to the intimidation of journalists by the Iranian authorities.[16][17]

In 2022 Rahimpour presented the Association for International Broadcasting's awards dinner giving "AIB"s to leading people and companies involved in International Broadcasting.[18]

Controversies

In January 2016, despite being British, Rahimpour was banned from travelling to the United States because of her Iranian nationality.[19][20][21]

References
  1. "BBCPersian". Telegram. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. Ms Rana Rahimpour | This House Believes That the Islamic Republic of Iran Can Reform | 2/6 |, retrieved 1 August 2023
  3. "Journalists Under Threat: Defiantly reporting on a censored state". Women in Journalism. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. Rahimpour, Rana (23 March 2022). "Threats of rape, death and arrest are everyday reality for BBC journalists". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. Rana Rahimpour (3 April 2015), BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour's take on Iran's nuclear deal with P5+1, retrieved 12 December 2016
  6. "BBC NEWS | Middle East | Examining footage from Iran". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. Rana Rahimpour (7 June 2013). "BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour explains Iran's power structure". Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via YouTube.
  8. Rana Rahimpour (16 June 2013), BBC Persian's Rana Rahimpour ahead of Iran's 2013 elex/ رعنا رحیم پور, retrieved 12 December 2016
  9. Reporting Iran: Inside BBC Persian, retrieved 1 August 2023
  10. FARDAD FARAHZAD (19 June 2013), Rana Rahimpour's take on Hasan Rouhani - BBC Newsnight, retrieved 12 December 2016
  11. "What does the re-imposition of sanctions mean for the Iranians..." – via www.youtube.com.
  12. "BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Toothpaste, Mud Bricks and Sparkling Wine, Toothpaste in Tehran". BBC.
  13. "روایت خبرنگار بی‌بی‌سی از پرواز آیت‌الله خمینی به ایران". BBC News فارسی. 1 February 2019.
  14. Correspondent, Matthew Moore, Media. "Iran tries to silence BBC Persian by harassing journalists' families" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. Rahimpour, Rana (23 March 2022). "Threats of rape, death and arrest are everyday reality for BBC journalists". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  16. "Rana Rahimpour, a journalist BBC Persian, addresses UN Human Rights Council" – via www.youtube.com.
  17. "BBC UN appeal: Stop Iran harassing Persian service staff" – via www.youtube.com.
  18. "The AIBs gala dinner | The AIBs". theaibs.tv. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  19. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (19 January 2016). "BBC journalist stopped from flying to US over UK-Iranian nationality". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  20. "BBC journalist stopped from flying to America over 'dual British-Iranian citizenship'". The Independent. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  21. "BBC journalist stopped from boarding plane to America over Iranian dual-nationality". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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