Arezou Rezvani
Arezou Rezvani is a senior editor for NPR's Morning Edition and founding editor of Up First, NPR's daily news podcast.
Much of her work centers on people experiencing some of the worst days of their lives. She's traveled alongside NPR hosts to cover Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Taliban's surge back to power from Pakistan, and helped tell the stories of Yemeni refugees stuck in Djibouti and children in towns across the U.S. devastated by opioid addiction.
Her work on a multi-part series about children and the opioid addiction won a Gracie Award in 2019. She was awarded a White House News Photographer Association Award for Politics is Personal, an audio/visual project she led ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
In 2014, she led an investigation into the Pentagon's 1033 program, which supplies local law enforcement with surplus military-grade weapons and vehicles. The findings were cited by lawmakers during hearings on Capitol Hill and contributed to the Obama administration's decision to scale back the program.
Rezvani holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and bachelor's degrees in political science and French from the University of California, Davis.
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A former ISIS fighter who fought alongside rebels to topple former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad says he will turn against the new Syrian leadership if strict Islamic rule is not imposed.
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With Bashar al-Assad gone, survivors of his regime's chemical attacks share their stories. NPR met a father who was forced for years to stay silent about how his children were killed. -
The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads. Today's Syria is no longer theirs. -
A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes. -
Hezbollah has a new secretary-general in Naim Qassem. Experts say it's a position he was never intended to hold.
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Lebanon's only hospital with a unit specializing in burn treatment is seeing a surge in burn cases from Israeli airstrikes.
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An Israeli airstrike in Friday morning has killed and injured journalists.
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Al Sahel Hospital in southern Beirut evacuated all its patients on Monday after Israel said it is sitting on top of a hidden Hezbollah bunker full of millions in gold and cash.
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Skybar, one of Beirut's most popular nightclubs, has turned into a shelter for hundreds of displaced people who've fled Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon in recent weeks.
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Israeli forces have carried out airstrikes across Lebanon -- targeting branches of a Hezbollah-operated financial institution that Israel says is central to financing the group’s terror operations.
