   christiane amanpour, cbe (; ; born 12 january 1958) is a british-iranian journalist and television host. amanpour is the chief international correspondent for cnn and host of cnn international's nightly interview program amanpour. amanpour is also a global affairs anchor of abc news. as of 2014, she has been recognized as one of the journalists most world leaders follow on twitter according to a report by the pr firm burson-marsteller.http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnns-christiane-amanpour-is-the-journalist-most-world-leaders-follow-on-twitter_b247627 ==early years== born in london, england, amanpour was raised in tehran. her father mahmoud amanpour is an iranian; her mother patricia is british.abc news video: "back to the beginning: bethlehem's church of the nativity" retrieved 10 august 2013 | minute 6:06 | "my mother is a christian from england and my father a muslim from iran. i married a jewish american." she is fluent in english and persian. after completing the larger part of her elementary education in iran, she was sent by her parents to boarding school in england when she was 11. she attended holy cross convent, an all-girls school located in chalfont st. peter, buckinghamshire, and then, at age 16, new hall school, in chelmsford, essex. christiane and her family returned to england not long after the islamic revolution began. she has stressed that they were not forced to leave the country, but were actually returning to england when [[iran-iraq war|iraq invaded iran]
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