Jamaluddin Mousavi

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Jamaluddin Mousavi
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Jamaluddin Mousavi reporting from Doha on Afghan peace process, 28 February 2019
Born (1976-12-10) 10 December 1976 (age 47)
NationalityAfghan
Citizenship British Citizen
Occupation(s) Presenter, Journalist, Radio Producer
Employer BBC World - BBC Persian
Television BBC Persian TV

Sayyid Jamaluddin Mousavi (Persian : جمال‌الدین موسوی) is a BBC Persian TV presenter. [1] He started working for the BBC in 2001 as a journalist when he joined the BBC's Central Asia magazine in Iran and Afghanistan. Before joining the BBC, Jamal was the editor of a weekly publication for Afghan refugees living in Mashhad, the province capital of Iran's Khorasan province where he also managed a UNHCR project to train young Afghan journalists. Jamal comes from Afghanistan although he grew up and studied in Iran.

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References

  1. "BBC Persian TV - services". BBC. Retrieved 11 August 2013.