Christiane Amanpour is one of the most highly respected journalists in modern history.
She has been decorated with multiple prestigious awards including Emmys and Peabody Awards.
Butthe truth about Amanpouris that she is no stranger to hardship.
Not only does she have a dangerous job, but has dealt with life-threatening events in her past.
She was born in England but was raised in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
Her family was quite affluent as her father was a successful executive for an Iranian airline.
She toldBloombergof her earliest years: “My upbringing in Tehran was magical very free.
There was never any question that anything was off-limits for my life.”
But soon, her family would have to permanently leave their home forever.
The Amanpours were exiled from Iran and quickly moved to the United States.
Her treatment plan included a major surgery followed by 18 weeks of chemotherapy.
Amanpour shared the news with the public to encourage women to get regular health checkups.
A year later while in remission,Amanpour reflected on her feelings about the frightening health diagnosis.
“Ovarian cancer is known as the invisible killer.
Get all the scans that it’s possible for you to,” she advised in a conversation withPeople.
“We women know better what’s going on with our own bodies than anybody.”
Amanpour returned to her work at CNN a few months after completing her chemotherapy.
It was revealed that Rubin had relocated to Washington while Amanpour remained living in London.
They wed in 1998 and welcomed a son,Darius John Rubin, in 2000.
This remains the first and only marriage for both Amanpour and Rubin.
Both have been heavily involved in politics for their entire careers.
Politics is ultimately what led to the couple’s courtship.
That was the plan in 2022 when Amanpour was expecting to interview Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
In response, Amanpour chose not to conduct the interview.
Amanpour spoke of the event on Twitter (nowX).
In a thread, she said: “I politely declined.
We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves.
I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran.”
The interview didn’t happen."
During that time, she would contribute four or five times each year on high profile stories.
She was asked to join the program by executive producer Don Hewitt who spoke highly of her work.
But things seemed to change when Jeff Fager took over as the show’s executive producer.
(Fager was subsequently fired from the show himself in 2018.)
But the following year, it was announced that Amanpour would depart as host of “This Week.”
