Yalda Zarbakhch
With a focus on Iranian interior and foreign policy as well as societal processes and women's rights in Iran
@yaldinaMulticultural, multilingual, multimedial: Yalda Zarbakhch puts Iranian politics and society into context for DW's international audience.
The political, social and media developments in her native Iran have impacted Yalda Zarbakhch’s life from the very beginning. In 2009 she supported ZDF correspondents in Tehran reporting on the presidential elections and examining the influence of social media on social upheavals. For many years, her focus has been on reporting on the geopolitically significant Islamic Republic of Iran. She has worked as an author and reporter for DW, Deutschlandfunk, WDR and other media, and as a speaker and expert at panel discussions and conferences on Iran.