Arezou Rezvani
Arezou Rezvani is a reporter and senior editor for NPR's flagship news programs. She's also founding editor of Up First, NPR's Golden Globe-nominated daily news podcast.
She is often among the first at the network to deploy to conflict and war zones, where much of her work centers on people experiencing some of the most difficult days of their lives. She has spent time with children mining for coal in Afghanistan, followed families in Syria looking for loved ones who disappeared under Bashar al-Assad's rule, and visited children in Ukraine wounded in Russian airstrikes. During the 2026 US-Israel war against Iran, Rezvani brought the voices of those living under bombardment, a state-imposed digital blackout, and an intense security crackdown to air, offering rare snapshots of Iranians' lives, their hopes and fears. From Islamic State fighters to war widows, she takes listeners to people and places they would otherwise never hear from or visit.
In 2014, Rezvani 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. She lives in Los Angeles.
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