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 Borzou Daragahi
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Los Angeles Times
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Borzou Daragahi (born c. 1969) is a print and radio journalist and the former Baghdad bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. A U.S. citizen of Iranian descent, he was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Iraq and led the bureau that was named a 2007 Pulitzer finalist for its Iraq coverage. He was also named a 2010 Pulitzer finalist for his coverage of the 2009 election unrest in Iran. He has covered Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the wider Middle East. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2005, he was a freelance journalist for a number of publications and radio outlets, including the Newark, N.J. Star-Ledger and Marketplace (radio program). He covered the build-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq for the Associated Press. After 4½ years in Iraq, Daragahi moved on in 2007 to a new assignment in Beirut. On April 10, 2007, The L.A. Times started publishing a front page memoir of his time in Iraq. The article describes the tactics used by reporters working under...... (Read more on Wikipedia)

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10 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
New York mosque controversy worries Muslims overseas - — Some can't understand the fuss over a house of worship and how a democracy promoting religious freedom could even be having such a debate. Others are offended at the conflation of the 9/11 attacks with all Muslims.
65 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran sets conditions for nuclear talks - — Ahmadinejad says U.S. and other world powers must agree to include other countries in the discussions, address Israel's nuclear capabilities and abide by the NPT. — Reporting from Beirut — Iran set tough terms Monday for the resumption of nuclear talks …
108 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran agrees to exchange of nuclear material - — Tehran would send the bulk of its nuclear material to Turkey as part of a deal that could ease international tensions. — Brazilian, Iranian and Turkish leaders mark the signing of Tehran's nuclear deal. From left: Brazil Foreign Minister Celso Amorim …
206 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran says it will build 10 nuclear plants, beef up military - — The nation announces its plans despite international pressure and domestic dissent. — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony in Tehran. The flurry of pronouncements hailing national achievements comes ahead …
241 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Yemen dismisses Al Qaeda threat as 'exaggerated' - — But the U.S. and Britain, citing evidence of a viable threat, close their embassies in the Yemeni capital. — Yemeni soldiers gather near the airport in Sana, the Yemeni capital. The Interior Ministry says Al Qaeda militants are “under surveillance around the clock.”
307 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran, world powers agree to draft deal on uranium - — Under the proposal, most of Tehran's nuclear material would be transferred abroad to be reformatted for medical purposes. The nations have until Friday to approve the plan. — Reporting from Beirut - The head of the world's atomic energy watchdog …
43 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran's supreme leader warns protesters to end campaign of civil disobedience - — Government opponents, meanwhile, call for a national referendum to resolve the disputed presidential election. — Reporting from Beirut — Iran's supreme leader on Monday sternly warned government opponents …
69 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi lashes out; 70 professors arrested - — Mousavi blasts Iran's supreme leader and state media. He says the ongoing government crackdown on post-election protests puts the nation at risk. Meanwhile, teachers who met with Mousavi are arrested.
72 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Family, friends mourn Iranian woman whose death was caught on video - — Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, ‘was a beam of light’ and not an activist, friends say. The video footage of her bleeding to death on the street has turned her into an international symbol of the protest movement.
194 days ago
Borzou Daragahi
Iran has enough fuel for a nuclear bomb, report says - — The report by the IAEA, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, surprises diplomats and arms control experts. Officials note that major obstacles remain to building a weapon. — Reporting from Tehran — Iran has enough nuclear fuel …