Suzanne Kianpour Angus

CEO, Helmet to Heels® • Co-host, Global Power Shifts • EP, THAT NIGHT • Nat Sec Analyst • NBC, BBC alum • @cfr_org • Noms: Emmy, @aibstv Presenter of the Year

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

And we’re on air! Tune in to my documentary ‘America’s Place in the World’ on @BBCWorld featuring @MittRomney @SenatorRomney @mikepompeo @Malinowski @DMiliband @MrKRudd @NMalliotakis @nedprice @StateDeptSpox @VictoriaCoates @HagarChemali @radeksikorski. https://t.co/fK5Cme4Qth

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@b_steel Thanks for clarifying more people disapprove of the loss of innocent Palestinian lives at the hands of Israel’s govt than the loss of innocent Iranian lives at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s govt.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

Cutting through the UNGA spin, the FACTS are as follows:

- delegates walked out during the Islamic Republic of Iran speech.

- delegates walked out during the Israel speech.

But scrolling here you’d think only one happened. Don’t follow partisan hacks.

And no I won’t give the satisfaction of mentioning or quote tweeting and giving them further engagement.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

Now back to Milan fashion week. From Helmet to Heels innit

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@hmajd Thanks for clarifying more people disapprove of the loss of innocent Palestinian lives at the hands of Israel’s govt than the loss of innocent Iranian lives at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s govt.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@hmajd Thanks for clarifying more people disapprove of the loss of innocent Palestinian lives at the hands of Israel’s govt than the loss of innocent Iranian lives at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s govt.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@arash_tehran This explains a lot

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@dukuaugu @AJEnglish Too busy investing in war than what helps its civilian population which is exactly what they’ve been protesting and being killed for

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

“For no word from God will ever fail.” — Luke 1:37

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

Legend. There is a park in Milan named after her. Rightfully so.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci removing her chador during her tense 1979 interview with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Qom, Iran...

In October 1979, Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci traveled to Qom, Iran, to interview the Islamic Revolution's supreme leader. To get inside the room, Fallaci was forced to cover herself from head to toe in a heavy black chador, leaving only her face visible.

The conversation inside the room was tense from the very start. Fallaci did not hold back her questions.

She pushed the Ayatollah on political executions, the sudden shutdown of independent newspapers, and the sharp loss of rights for Iranian women under the new regime.

When she asked about the forced wearing of the veil, Khomeini dismissed her concerns and claimed the garment was meant to protect young and respectable women. He then added,

"If you do not like the Islamic dress, you are not obliged to wear it."

Fallaci took his words literally and replied, "Thank you, Mr. Imam. Since you tell me so, I am taking it off right now."

With a quick move, she pulled the chador off her head, leaving her hair completely exposed right in front of the Supreme Leader.

Khomeini was furious.

He stood up without saying another word and walked out of the room. The room fell silent, and the interview was abruptly stopped. However, Fallaci refused to leave Iran until he returned a day later to finish the conversation.

This confrontation became legendary in the history of journalism.

It showed a reporter refusing to bow down to authority, even in one of the most dangerous settings imaginable.

Fallaci proved that real journalism requires standing up to power, asking hard questions, and refusing to be silenced by fear or tradition.

When journalists trade raw courage for easy access and comfortable silence, we lose one of our strongest shields against tyranny.

In an era where true courage in reporting feels rare, her brave stand reminds us that honest journalism still has the power to light up the dark, giving a voice to the voiceless and inspiring future generations to speak truth without fear.

#archaeohistories

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@Kingpingib @mamboitaliano__ So true!

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Hamas planned coordinated terrorist attacks in Berlin and Vienna to mark the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, according to a 214-page indictment filed by Germany’s federal prosecutor.

https://t.co/mCP3QsjCr3

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@DefenseBaron @nytimes They’re too busy trying to get “spotted” in Politico playbook 🙄

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

American Airlines had the names, addresses, and credit card numbers of three 9/11 hijackers at least 20 minutes before Flight 11 hit the North Tower. The lookup only happened because one flight attendant had memorized her family's calling card number.

The airphones on that plane required a card to place a call. Amy Sweeney didn't have hers on hand. Sara Low, 28, working the front of the plane, knew her family's AT&T calling card digits by heart and handed them over.

Sweeney reached Michael Woodward, a Logan manager she'd known for a decade, and gave him seat numbers. 9D. 9G. 10B. Woodward had a colleague punch them into the reservation system.

The names came back while the plane was still in the air. One of them was Mohamed Atta.

That lookup seeded the entire investigation. Atta's name led the FBI to a rental car at the Portland, Maine airport and to luggage that never made his connection onto Flight 11. What was inside helped identify all 19 hijackers within days.

Those digits were Sara's line home. She never used them to call her parents. She spent her final half hour moving passengers toward the rear of the plane instead.

The first break in the largest criminal investigation in American history was a phone number a flight attendant memorized to call her family.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@shadihamid I’ve been thinking about why this anniversary feels particularly heavy and it’s because quite frankly the fear around Muslims that existed then is prevalent - I feel - at the same level now. We are right back to fall 2001.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

Where were you on 9/11 is a question all of us asked in the years to follow 2001. I was in gym class in Atlanta, Georgia with my other pre pubescent classmates. We crowded our coach’s office and watched horrific scenes live on TV, burned into our memories. Evacuation drills followed in the weeks after, as my school was next to the CDC and there were concerns of a bio attack.

Special episode of GPS with @grvlx001 filling in for @JimStenman

[Jim Stenman @JimStenman]

As America marks 25 years since Sept. 11, remains from Ground Zero are still being identified.

FBI veteran Donald Alway was part of the recovery efforts and tells @KianpourWorld and @grvlx001: "Those operations are not concluded."

Full episode: https://t.co/U7r1lMAjbw

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@Am_saeedu You very clearly don’t follow me or my work and the equal opportunity scrutiny and accountability no matter who’s in charge and which govt it is. Killing innocent civilians is never ok. Period. Sit down.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

This 💯 %

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

As I said, Ambassador, let international media into Gaza, operating freely, and we can get to the truth about what’s happened there. So long as Israel bans them, suspicions of war crimes will increase.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

This place is an immediate cortisol spike and now I remember why I don’t hang out here anymore. Newsrooms are also a cortisol spike - what we endured for a job we thought was so important that’s now rapidly disappearing before our eyes.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

And there was no US armament of the uprisings - the people were calling for hemp and didn’t get it. And in fact the only successful uprising that brought and forced any sort of change to the regime was woman life freedom movement which was completely non violent led by women and yet women were murdered and tortured by the regime.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

In journalism we usually don’t report anything without second ideally third source confirmation. That being said, I am posting this for the record in case this ends up happening - the message just sent to me from source with intel from inside Iran, edited to protect identity:

“A doctor said they put some kind of missile battery in the parking lot of Mehr Hospital. I asked if he knew if it was defensive or offensive and he said he had no clue. So if US hits Mehr Hospital, it's because they're using them as shields.”

Hamas does this. The Islamic Republic of Iran trained and funded them.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

@Teelannister Then you clearly haven’t been following me because I didn’t shut up about it across platforms and won’t when I finally sit down with any US admin leader as they are still hiding behind the investigation.