Reza Sayah is CNN’s Pakistan-based international correspondent responsible for covering Pakistan and surrounding countries in South Asia.
Appointed to this position in January 2008, Sayah has most recently reported on Pakistan’s general elections.
Sayah joined CNN from WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan where he was an investigative reporter and anchor. In addition to WXYZ, Sayah has worked at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia.
In his journalism career spanning more than 11 years, Sayah has covered a variety of high-profile national and international stories including Hurricane Katrina and the sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C., area.
Sayah earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Pepperdine University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Born in Tehran, Iran, Sayah left for the U.S. in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution. Sayah is fluent in Farsi and is conversational in French.
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