Sanam Shantyaei is a journalist with 15 years of experience as a foreign correspondent and international news television producer. A speaker of French, Spanish, Italian and Persian, Sanam has lived and worked in Britain, FranceFrancesca Fiorentini, Cuba, Italy and Iran.

She's currently based in Paris, where she's an anchor/Reporter for France 24.

Sanam hosts a weekly flagship show, called Middle East Matters -- covering socio-political, cultural and economic events.

Sanam is also an expert on nuclear disarmament.

She works extremely closely with the UN body, the CTBTO -- often moderating panels worldwide with high-ranking officials, including the former Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

She's also worked closely with the UNDP regional bureau for Arab states -- training journalists in the Middle East and the UNWTO -- in promoting tourism in the region and Africa.

Previously, Sanam worked for Agence France Presse (AFP), and prior to that for Reuters news agency for over 6 years, initially as a reporter/producer -- covering international summits, political turmoil as well cultural, fashion and sports-related feature stories.

In 2010 she moved to Tehran to establish and successfully run the agency's TV operation as a senior producer/reporter.

Shantyaei graduated from the University of Manchester in 2004 with a BA in Hispanic and Italian Studies; she has also studied Italian at Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Spanish at Centro de Linguistica Aplicada en Santiago de Cuba, and French at Sorbonne University. ^[6]