Iranians in the United Kingdom consist of people of Iranian nationality who have settled in the United Kingdom , as well as British residents and citizens of Iranian heritage . Iranians in the United Kingdom are referred to by hyphenated terms such as British-Iranians , British-Persians , Iranian-Britons , or Persian-Britons .
25-436: Amanpour (stylized as Amanpour. ) is a global affairs interview television program hosted by British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour , airing weeknights 6pm GMT/ 1pm ET & 7PM CET on CNN International . The program is also aired on CNN Brazil from March 16, 2020, and CNN Philippines via tape-delay on an occasional basis since August 20, 2016, when Philippine affairs in terms of global context are tackled by
50-512: A TV Globo employee to join the new broadcaster. On 4 November, the network hired TV Verdes Mares anchor Taís Lopes (who had guest-anchored Globo's Jornal Nacional as part of a 50th anniversary tribute). For a brief period in February 2021, CNN Brasil was relayed without authorization on TV Colinas , a terrestrial television station in Colinas do Tocantins . Due to legal judicial action,
75-400: A World", which is Amanpour's final thought on a topic that was not discussed on the show. When Amanpour is reporting in the field, she anchors the entire program remotely. The show has featured a number of high-profile interviews, including Joko Widodo , Robert Mugabe , Jacob Zuma , Queen Rania of Jordan , Son of Hamas author Mosab Hassan Yousef , Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ,
100-507: A one-hour show. On March 16, 2020, the program started its daily broadcast on CNN Brazil , with Portuguese subtitles. Amanpour has received generally positive reviews from television critics. Mattie Kahn of Elle wrote, "Charismatic and brilliant." British-Iranian As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the British-Iranian population was approximately 114,432 people. The vast majority of British-Iranians arrived after
125-787: A rare joint interview with Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and Sec. of Defense Bob Gates , an unprecedented joint interview with the U.N. Ambassadors to India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohamed ElBaradei , Hans Blix , NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, Gen. McChrystal, the first-ever joint interview with media power couple Tina Brown and Harold Evans , Gen. David Petraeus , and the then Vice President , now former President of Nigeria , Goodluck Jonathan . Amanpour debuted on September 21, 2009 on CNN International. It airs weekdays on CNN International and Sundays on CNN/US. The show's first run ended in April 2010 after Amanpour departed CNN to host This Week on American network ABC . Upon her return to
150-509: A show in CNN London headquarters, with a mix of journalism and entertainment, and the second, a TV news during prime time, from Mondays to Fridays. The premiere of the pay television channel is predicted to second semester of 2019. It is expected that CNN Brasil will also have a strong online presence, covering all social medias and innovating in the distribution of journalistic content through these platforms. On Tuesday, 18 June, images of
175-792: Is a Brazilian news-based pay television channel and news website. Launched on 15 March 2020, CNN Brasil is owned by Novus Media, a joint-venture between Douglas Tavolaro, former header of Record 's news division, and Rubens Menin , owner of MRV Engenharia . Novus Media has a licensing agreement with original CNN channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery . CNN Brasil is the second local franchise of CNN in South America, after CNN Chile . Its headquarters are in São Paulo , with offices in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília , besides international bureaus with almost 400 journalists. Previously, in 2017,
200-553: The Islamic Revolution of 1979, with an estimated 8,000 Iranian asylum seekers arriving in the United Kingdom in the following five years. Due to intensifying religious and political persecution, particularly of Iranian Christians , the numbers of Iranian asylum seekers arriving at UK soil has significantly risen in recent years. British-Iranian is used interchangeably with British-Persian, partly due to
225-461: The Islamic regime of Iran which has been in power since the 1979 revolution and the negativity associated with it, and also to distinguish themselves as being of Persian ethnicity , which comprise about 65% of Iran's population. While the majority of British-Iranians come from Persian backgrounds, there is a significant number of non-Persian Iranians such as Azerbaijanis and Kurds within
250-588: The British-Iranian community, leading some scholars to believe that the label "Iranian" is more inclusive, since the label "Persian" excludes non-Persian minorities. The Collins English Dictionary uses a variety of similar and overlapping definitions for the terms "Persian" and "Iranian". The vast majority of Iranians in the UK arrived after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. In the following five years, an estimated 8,000 Iranian asylum seekers arrived in
275-653: The CNN Brasil headquarters were published in the broadcaster official profile. The location will be in Paulista Avenue , in the district of Bela Vista , in front of the São Paulo Metro station Trianon-Masp . The building has more than 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) and was the Banco Real operations center. According to the founder-partner and Chairman of CNN Brazil, Douglas Tavolaro,
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#1732782419715300-597: The English Channel using small boats – the most common nationality of all small boat arrivals. Iran is a primarily Shia Muslim country with Jewish, Baháʼí, Christian and Zoroastrian communities, a fact reflected in the migrant population in the UK. However, there is an increasing number of Iranian atheists and agnostics. Some Iranians in the UK have converted from Shi'ism to various sects of Christianity. There are also active Jewish and Christian communities among British Iranians. CNN Brazil CNN Brasil
325-509: The UK. In 2004, the Iranian embassy in London estimated that as many as 75,000 Iranians might reside in the country. Most adults are themselves immigrants; the second generation are quite young, and so there are relatively few adults of Iranian background born and raised in the UK. In the six-year period between 2018 and 2023, 21,565 Iranian nationals entered the United Kingdom by crossing
350-519: The channel did a partnership with RedeTV! and Simba Content, formed by SBT and Record , which had no success. Programs are aired 24 hours daily via digital terrestrial TV networks, pay TV providers in Brazil; and live streaming services for overseas viewers. CNN looked to enter the Portuguese language market, one of the only ones still not covered by the many affiliates of the brand around
375-419: The common adjective for citizens of Iran changed from "Persian" to "Iranian". In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Reza Shah's son, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" could officially be used interchangeably. However the issue is still debated today . There is a tendency among British-Iranians to categorize themselves as "Persian" rather than "Iranian", mainly to dissociate themselves from
400-734: The country. The 1981 census showed 28,617 persons born in Iran (18,132 men, 10,485 women). Iranians were not separately distinguished in the 1991 census. The 2001 census recorded 42,494 persons born in Iran. In the 2011 census, 79,985 Iranian-born people were recorded in England, 1,695 in Wales, 2,773 in Scotland and 282 in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics estimates that, in 2017, 70,000 Iranian-born people were living in
425-465: The decision to establish the future news channel in that place was "strategic", aiming a larger approach with the audience. "We want to be part of the everyday life of the Brazilians and be integrated with the audience. Because of that, the chose to be in the pulsing center and postcard of the largest city in the country, next to the people", said Tavolaro. On 22 July 2019, the broadcaster announced
450-631: The fact that, in the Western world , Iran was known as "Persia". On the Nowruz of 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi asked foreign delegates to use the term Iran, the endonym of the country used since the Sasanian Empire , in formal correspondence. Since then the use of the word "Iran" has become more common in the Western countries. This also changed the usage of the terms for Iranian nationality, and
475-414: The former. On December 4, 2017, it was announced that Amanpour would re-air on PBS as an interim replacement for Charlie Rose , after allegations of sexual harassment against Rose led to his program's cancellation. The show on PBS was branded as Amanpour on PBS. On May 8, 2018, PBS confirmed that the show, retitled Amanpour & Company , would be the official replacement to Charlie Rose and
500-423: The hiring of the couple Mari Palma and Phelipe Siani. On 25 July 2019, CNN Brasil announced the hiring of its first black journalist, Luciana Barreto. On 3 August 2019, journalist Monalisa Perrone left TV Globo to accept "an irrefusable offer" made by CNN Brasil. Famous TV reporter and TV presenter Reinaldo Gottino left RecordTV on 16 September 2019 to join CNN Brasil, being the first reporter who wasn't
525-663: The network in 2011, CNN International relaunched Amanpour . The series returned on April 16, 2012 and airs weekdays in the afternoon in North America and during primetime in Europe. In November 2015, Amanpour. began airing on CNN in the US on weekdays. On August 20, 2016, Amanpour was also aired on CNN Philippines via tape-delay as a dry-run, but was axed a week after premiering on the network's local programming for unknown reasons. It eventually returned on August 31, 2016, albeit
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#1732782419715550-599: The new show began airing on September 10, 2018. Christiane Amanpour won Television Personality of the Year for the show in 2015 at the AIB Media Excellence Awards . She also won at the Gracie Awards in 2016 for best Talk Show - News. On September 10, 2018, as part of a revamp of CNN International's European primetime line-up, Amanpour moved to the 19.00 CET/18.00 UK timeslot and expanded to be
575-436: The program would broadcast on an occasional basis when Philippine affairs that affect the global stage are featured. The program relaunched full-time by January 1, 2018, replacing timeslots formerly occupied by the local franchise's Global Newsroom and the early evening edition of Sports Desk (both were axed due to network reorganization); thus extending its coverage to other international issues which were formerly featured in
600-415: The show. The program relaunched full-time on the channel on January 1, 2018 to until January 29, 2024. The weekday program has three segments. The first is called "The Brief", in which Amanpour tells a story from a different perspective, and often adds her personal experiences. The second segment is typically an interview with a high profile news maker or politician, while the final segment is called "Imagine
625-618: The world. In 2019, it was announced that the broadcaster would act in Brazil, with local strategic partners. The business montage in Brazil was in charge of the businessman Rubens Menin, with a vast and well-known performance in the civic construction and financial markets, and the journalist Douglas Tavolaro, co-founder and CEO of the new channel. Initially, the first announced names to act in CNN Brasil came from companies such as Globo , Record , BBC and Band . On 4 June 2019, two former TV Globo presenters were announced. Evaristo Costa and William Waack were hired to, respectively, present
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