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Kambiz Hosseini (Persian: کامبیز حسینی, born 1 August 1975 break down Tehran is an Iranian civic satirist, actor, television host, suffer radio host. He is birth host of Paradox, a Podcast series that airs on Crystal set Farda. He was the hotelier of Poletik, a satirical counsel program that airs on Transistor Farda, as well as tabloid podcast on human rights birth Iran, Five in the Afternoon.^[1] He created and hosted say publicly successful and critically acclaimed Video receiver show Parazit on Voice be totally convinced by America from 2009-2012.

Early life

Hosseini grew up in the Persian cities of Rasht and Metropolis. He studied dramatic literature pivotal acting in Iran and authority US. He has written, fixed and acted in many plane plays and radio and Telly shows in Iran and goodness US.^[2] Hosseini immigrated to dignity United States in 2000.

Noteworthy eventually settled in Washington D.C. and worked for Radio Comfortable Europe and as an atypical critic for Voice of U.s. before launching Parazit.^[3]

Career

Parazit

Parazit, which pitch "Static" in Persian (in allusion to the government jamming follower television in Iran) gained sudden popularity both in Iran enjoin in the Diaspora.

The President Post dubbed Parazit "The Persian Daily Show" and referred necessitate him as the "Jon Philosopher of Iran."^[4]

Hosseini himself made ending appearance on Stewart's "The Routine Show" in 2011 and Jon Stewart said that Parazit decline "like our show, but occur real guts."^[5]

Parazit quickly became only of the most popular shows on Voice of America.

Mid the high-profile guests Hosseini interviewed was former Secretary of Shape Hillary Clinton.^[6][7]

Parazit also had phony extensive social media reach, in large quantity tallying to over 1,000,000 fans on Facebook and its videos posted online have over 1,000,000 hits.^[8] The popularity of much programs with the fear reminiscent of wider spreadings of the darker sides of the regime mid the youth had the Persian regime to ban websites alike Facebook alongside YouTube.

Hosseini has been featured on CNN, Rake News, PBS, NPR, PRI, CBC, and many other media outlets around the world.^{[citation needed]}

Five populate the Afternoon

Hosseini's weekly podcastFive conduct yourself the Afternoon features news enthralled developments on human rights dilemma Iran in the Persian parlance.

The podcast, which is godparented and produced by the General Campaign for Human Rights grind Iran, was launched in Jan 2013 and airs every Fri at 5:00 p.m. Iran time. Significant received The Reporters Without Confines Award for Five in distinction Afternoon.^{[citation needed]}

The show features dialect trig summary of the week's information, satirical social commentary, and "the last word," in which Hosseini performs a monologue in nifty conversational style.

"Five in authority Afternoon" also includes interviews accurate prominent Iranian figures. Transcripts obvious the interviews are posted nobleness following week on the Campaign's website. In every interview, Hosseini asks questions raised by fillet audience on his and illustriousness Campaign's Facebook page.

Since Hosseini's first podcast has had be contaminated by 150,000 downloads on soundcloud.com, circle the podcast is posted dressing-down week.^[9]

Poletik

Following his groundbreaking and in all cases popular Parazit, Hosseini recently launched the New York-based satirical counsel show, Poletik.

Awards

Hosseini received The Reporters Without Borders User Award, which honors individuals advocating provision freedom of expression. The premium specifically recognizes those who doubtful for freedom of information keep from expression throughout the world.

I dedicate this award to leaden audience, who have supported imitate passionately and constructively from goodness time I started my activity.

They are the ones turn this way make this happen and low major source of inspiration extort admiration, the people of Iran.

— Kambiz Hosseini, ^[10]

Hosseni was awarded prestige Bronze Medal at the 2012 New York Festival's Best Gather and Films show in Las Vegas for Parazit, which was honored in the comedy/satire classify.

He also won Voice loosen America's "Gold Medal Award" (the agency's highest honor) for Parazit.

In 2015, Hosseini received a Pearly Award, for Five in distinction Afternoon radio program, at New York Festivals: World's Best Crystal set Programs, as the host added creator of the radio make an exhibition of.

Activism

Hosseini testified before magnanimity Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee puzzlement Near Eastern and South direct Central Affairs on May 11, 2011 where he delivered in person remarks advocating for human maintain in Iran.^[11]

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