Suzanne Kianpour
@kianpourworld.bsky.social
Anchor, ‘News with Suz’• Founder, Helmet to Heels™ • ex BBC correspondent & host living between New York & London blending journalism & style • @aibstv Presenter of the Year Shortlist BBC’s ‘Women Building Peace’ & 'Out of the Shadows' • Emmy nominee
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If you're a person of faith, it's a serious test of that faith to pray for someone you detest. That's a good reason to try and do it.
Not celebrating but no thoughts or prayers for him either.
My thoughts & prayers are reserved for those who want to implement common sense gun laws to protect all, especially children.
My thoughts & prayers are reserved for those who want to implement common sense gun laws to protect all, especially children.
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you're a person of faith, it's a serious test of that faith to pray for someone you detest. That's a good reason to try and do it.
Every single person in the United States of America should be extremely alarmed that Charlie Kirk has been shot and killed for his political views, even if his views were not aligned with yours. ESPECIALLY if his views were not yours.
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Every single person in the United States of America should be extremely alarmed that Charlie Kirk has been shot and killed for his political views, even if his views were not aligned with yours. ESPECIALLY if his views were not yours.
Happy Fathers Day to the men who raise their boys right so they don’t turn into insecure world leaders with daddy issues that ruin life for everyone else
June 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Fathers Day to the men who raise their boys right so they don’t turn into insecure world leaders with daddy issues that ruin life for everyone else
One thing is for certain and we’d suspected it for some time: the Iranian regime has deep security cracks giving Mossad intelligence moles - as seen by the precision of targeting, to know where people were sleeping at 3:30am.
June 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One thing is for certain and we’d suspected it for some time: the Iranian regime has deep security cracks giving Mossad intelligence moles - as seen by the precision of targeting, to know where people were sleeping at 3:30am.
For the people texting me about tensions in the Middle East, took a break from my honeymoon to answer your questions
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🚨Middle East on Edge: What Happens If Israel Strikes Iran?
As U.S.
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June 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
For the people texting me about tensions in the Middle East, took a break from my honeymoon to answer your questions
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"The creation of a Palestinian state — or just a credible process toward one with backing from most Arab states — would strip Tehran of its ideological cover. All that would be left is a government that can’t provide its citizens with electricity, salaries, or security." - @kianpourworld.bsky.social
A Trump deal for Palestine could tame Iran’s regime
By stripping Tehran of its last excuse to confront Israel, Trump could trigger a transformation in an already isolated and economically weakened Iran.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The creation of a Palestinian state — or just a credible process toward one with backing from most Arab states — would strip Tehran of its ideological cover. All that would be left is a government that can’t provide its citizens with electricity, salaries, or security." - @kianpourworld.bsky.social
Some words from yours truly on President Trump’s trip to the Gulf in the UAE’s oldest English language newspaper.
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Trump heads to UAE, Saudi, Qatar eyeing more investment, diplomacy, experts say
A major highlight of Trump’s stop in Saudi Arabia will be a Gulf-US summit. There will likely be a joint statement that will address issues pertaining to Gaza, Lebanon or Iran
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May 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Some words from yours truly on President Trump’s trip to the Gulf in the UAE’s oldest English language newspaper.
www.khaleejtimes.com/world/gulf/t...
www.khaleejtimes.com/world/gulf/t...
President Trump changing the name of the Gulf ahead of his trip to the region is more likely a move to make the Arabs happy than necessarily to make the Persians mad—which it will. It’s the one thing everyone agrees on, whether pro- or anti-regime: it’s the Persian Gulf.
May 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
President Trump changing the name of the Gulf ahead of his trip to the region is more likely a move to make the Arabs happy than necessarily to make the Persians mad—which it will. It’s the one thing everyone agrees on, whether pro- or anti-regime: it’s the Persian Gulf.
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Researchers from the US: You're welcome here! The Commission announced the new #ChooseEuropeInitiative today, aiming to safeguard scientific freedom, provide better financing for researchers from abroad and cut red tape. Europe won't budge.🔗 bit.ly/4k6KfE4
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’
The European Commission chief and the French president are trying to woo American researchers with a new program called “Choose Europe for Science.”
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May 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Researchers from the US: You're welcome here! The Commission announced the new #ChooseEuropeInitiative today, aiming to safeguard scientific freedom, provide better financing for researchers from abroad and cut red tape. Europe won't budge.🔗 bit.ly/4k6KfE4
Hi team - moved back to the US from Dubai, where’s the best American city for family and career?
May 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hi team - moved back to the US from Dubai, where’s the best American city for family and career?
Who’s the future of the Democratic Party? I raise you Senator Cory Booker. Having covered him in my congressional correspondent days, I wondered when his time would come. He made history today with a 24 hr speech speaking out against the Trump admin - breaking Strom Thurmond’s record set in 1957.
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Who’s the future of the Democratic Party? I raise you Senator Cory Booker. Having covered him in my congressional correspondent days, I wondered when his time would come. He made history today with a 24 hr speech speaking out against the Trump admin - breaking Strom Thurmond’s record set in 1957.
I’m not sure anyone on this platform, which appears to be the X liberal alternative, is watching @newsmax.com, but former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland says re Iran she wouldn’t be surprised if by the end of the year there’s a ‘deal, relationship or they’re in an even worse place’
March 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’m not sure anyone on this platform, which appears to be the X liberal alternative, is watching @newsmax.com, but former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland says re Iran she wouldn’t be surprised if by the end of the year there’s a ‘deal, relationship or they’re in an even worse place’
Them: start your own business.
Entrepreneurship: the lows are repeated slaps in the face, the highs are “yay this person didn't ignore me!" Bank the win and survive off that for 3 months.
To be fair, this is not much different to journalism: it looks glamorous on TV but the BTS grind is brutal.
Entrepreneurship: the lows are repeated slaps in the face, the highs are “yay this person didn't ignore me!" Bank the win and survive off that for 3 months.
To be fair, this is not much different to journalism: it looks glamorous on TV but the BTS grind is brutal.
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Them: start your own business.
Entrepreneurship: the lows are repeated slaps in the face, the highs are “yay this person didn't ignore me!" Bank the win and survive off that for 3 months.
To be fair, this is not much different to journalism: it looks glamorous on TV but the BTS grind is brutal.
Entrepreneurship: the lows are repeated slaps in the face, the highs are “yay this person didn't ignore me!" Bank the win and survive off that for 3 months.
To be fair, this is not much different to journalism: it looks glamorous on TV but the BTS grind is brutal.
Normalize not having meetings / calls without deliverables.
February 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Normalize not having meetings / calls without deliverables.
It’s been a busy 6 weeks in Dubai so I wrote about all the changes I’m seeing at the intersection of media, fashion, diplomacy, the creator economy and business of influence. Speaking of, please support this Newsfluencer by subscribing at www.helmettoheels.com
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The Gulf’s Media Transformation: Why the US and UK Should Pay Attention
How the Region's Media Evolution is Reshaping Global Influence
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February 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s been a busy 6 weeks in Dubai so I wrote about all the changes I’m seeing at the intersection of media, fashion, diplomacy, the creator economy and business of influence. Speaking of, please support this Newsfluencer by subscribing at www.helmettoheels.com
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News with Suz: Trump's Foreign Policy Bombshells
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News with Suz: Trump's Foreign Policy Bombshells
What's really behind the shockwaves
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February 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
News with Suz: Trump's Foreign Policy Bombshells
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Biden: “I think I left my aviators in the Oval Office”
Melania:
Melania:
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Biden: “I think I left my aviators in the Oval Office”
Melania:
Melania:
Hanging out in BlueSky feels like transporting back to the good old days of 2010. Shakespeare asked “what’s in a name?” Well, everything. This place is light and the other is dark. My own name Suzanne means the intensity of the fire in Farsi and my parents really didn’t think this through 😂
January 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Hanging out in BlueSky feels like transporting back to the good old days of 2010. Shakespeare asked “what’s in a name?” Well, everything. This place is light and the other is dark. My own name Suzanne means the intensity of the fire in Farsi and my parents really didn’t think this through 😂
ChatGPT is to this generation as WebMD was to millennials coming of age
January 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ChatGPT is to this generation as WebMD was to millennials coming of age
Like if you feel me
January 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Like if you feel me
TikTok is modern soft power at its peak, reshaping global views. In Dubai, it’s flipping the script: “I trust China more,” people say, brushing off U.S. data security concerns with “WhatsApp & Instagram do the same.” U.S. policymakers must rethink public diplomacy in this new digital era.
January 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
TikTok is modern soft power at its peak, reshaping global views. In Dubai, it’s flipping the script: “I trust China more,” people say, brushing off U.S. data security concerns with “WhatsApp & Instagram do the same.” U.S. policymakers must rethink public diplomacy in this new digital era.
It’s not rocket science: high cost of living + low wages = delayed parenthood.
London has the highest birth rates among over-40s. But what’s driving the shift? 📊
https://www.ft.com/content/30e0469a-900c-4ef1-9af5-ff5902f6e129
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London has the highest birth rates among over-40s. But what’s driving the shift?
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
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January 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It’s not rocket science: high cost of living + low wages = delayed parenthood.
Having a chat with a girlfriend in Dubai today. “Globalization era is over,” she said. And then saw a reel that said “for immigrants, they don’t want you as soon as you’ve done your job.”
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Having a chat with a girlfriend in Dubai today. “Globalization era is over,” she said. And then saw a reel that said “for immigrants, they don’t want you as soon as you’ve done your job.”
This platform proving to have an immediate benefit to my life, an experience I haven't had on social media for a long time. Thank you @byrontau.bsky.social !
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January 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This platform proving to have an immediate benefit to my life, an experience I haven't had on social media for a long time. Thank you @byrontau.bsky.social !