Rudi Bakhtiar

Rudi Bakhtiar: Biography in Details

Who is Rudi Bakhtiar?

Rudi Bakhtiar is an American producer for Reuters in Washington, D.C. She is popular for anchoring CNN Headline News Tonight, a prime-time national three-hour newscast in the United States.

Previously, she has also hosted some famous shows such as anchoring CNN Headline News Tonight, a prime-time national three-hour newscast in the United States.

Moreover, the American journalist received the Iranian American Republican Council Achievement Award for her brilliant work within the Iranian American community.

In addition, she was in the ninth rank in the top 20 TV news personalities with the most searches in 2002.

Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Rudi was born on June 21, 1966, in Fresno, California, United States. She is American by nationality and her ethnicity is unknown. She has a younger brother and younger sister.

Talking about her early life, she grew up in Iran along with her parents until the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

During her childhood, she had a keen interest in whitewater rafting, waterskiing, snow skiing, horseback riding, tennis, and a few more stuff.

Concerning her education, Rudi Bakhtiar earned a bachelor of science in biology in 1990 from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Additionally, Rudi Bakhtiar also studied architecture in the Career Discovery Program at the Harvard School of Design.

Is Rudi Bakhtiar active on social media?

Rudi is quite active on social media such as Twitter and Facebook.

Currently, she has almost 12 k followers on Facebook and more than 8k followers on Twitter. Besides this, she doesn’t hold a Facebook account.

Rudi Bakhtiar’s Career, Net Worth-2024, and Awards

Rudi began her career as a journalist in 1996 by joining CNN. During her nine years at CNN, she has anchored CNN Headline News Tonight on the CNN Headline News network.

Furthermore, she has also co-anchored CNN’s Emmy-nominated CNN Newsroom. Moreover, the legendary host has also served as a dedicated correspondent for Anderson Cooper 360. Her notable works also include the September 11 attacks. After 10 years, she left CNN.

Soon after that, Rudi Bakhtiar joined Fox News Channel as a general correspondent.

During her time at Fox News, she reported major international news stories such as the Ahmadinejad-al-Maliki summit in Tehran in September 2006 and the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.

However, Rudi Bakhtiar had to leave the channel after a complaint of alleged sexual harassment. Back in 2008, she also became the first director of public relations for the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans.

Being a popular journalist on CNN and Fox News, Rudi earns a handsome amount of money from her profession. However, her salary and net worth are unknown.

So far, Rudi Bakhtiar has received the Iranian American Republican Council Achievement Award for her brilliant work within the Iranian American community.

In addition, she was in the ninth rank in the top 20 TV news personalities with the most searches in 2002. Additionally, on December 4, 2003, she was also the master of ceremonies for the Iranian American Technology Council Gala.

Is Rudi Bakhtiar involved in any rumors and controversies?

Once, Rudi Bakhtiar was dragged into a controversy after she complained to Fox News about alleged sexual harassment by Brian Wilson.

However, Brian denied the news, and finally, Fox News agreed to pay Bakhtiar the $670,000 remaining on her contract and her legal fees.

Besides this, there are not any drastic rumors regarding her personal and professional life.

Rudi Bakhtiar’s Body Measurements

Moving towards her body measurements, Rudi Bakhtiar has a beautiful pair of light brown eyes and black hair.

Apart from that, her height, weight, and other body measurements are unknown.

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