Kambiz Fattahi is an investigative journalist with more than two decades of experience covering U.S. foreign policy, covert diplomacy, and Middle Eastern affairs. He spent over fifteen years with BBC Persian, part of the BBC World Service, reporting from Washington and Jerusalem, where his work uncovered previously undisclosed chapters in U.S.-Iran relations. He holds a master's degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreground Policy. He is the managing director of Iran Open Data, the first independent, AI-powered data platform focused on Iran.