Fardad Farahzad
Fardad Farahzad, is a British Iranian journalist, TV Presenter and entrepreneur. He is the host of The Lead show on Iran International. He is the founder of YourTime TV, a decentralized Satellite TV channel where users can upload their videos and choose a time slot to broadcast it. He worked for the BBC World Service from 2008 to 2018. He was a news presenter and reporter with the BBC Persian TV. He has anchored and covered many major Iranian and international stories for the network, including Iran's nuclear program, Arab Spring, the 2012 United States presidential election, the Brussels bombings, and the Nice truck attack.Personal life
Farahzad was born in Bandar Anzali, northern Iran, in 1986. He moved to the UAE in 2003 where he studied at Ajman University of Science and Technology and the Dubai University.
