Meet Faranak Amidi: The Talented Multimedia Journalist Who Works For BBC

Faranak joined the BBC Persian service in 2010. She was born in L.A and grew up in Tehran. Before getting into journalism she was a kickboxing trainer, an English Teacher and even an ice-cream maker in Tehran. She is now a woman’s affairs journalist for World Service. When not reporting on women’s issues in Iran and Afghanistan, she likes to cook and find new music from Acid House to Dub.