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Rudi Bakhtiar (born journalist, working for the Fox News Channel . Although born in California , Bakhtiar was raised in Iran until the Iranian Revolution when her family moved to the United States . She attended University Of California, Los Angeles , where she received a B.S. in biology, planning to be a dentist. Prior to Fox News, Bakhtiar had worked for CNN . Joining CNN in 1996 , she became a co-anchor of CNN Student News, the 30-minute commercial free news and features program designed specifically for use in the classroom. She provided multiple reports while on assignment from numerous countries, including South Africa , Rwanda , Ethiopia and Mali . She was on the air live on CNN Headline News on September 11 , 2001 when the Terrorist Attacks of that day began. In 2002 , Bakhtiar received the Iranian American Republican Council Achievement Award. In 2005 , after moving from CNN Headline News to CNN/U.S. to be a correspondent on the program Anderson Cooper 360 , Bakhtiar left CNN to pursue other career interests and deal with family health issues. On January 11, 2006, Fox News announced that Bakhtiar would be joining the network as a general correspondent. She first appeared on the channel on January 22 , 2006 . Rumors of Fox's interest in Bakhtiar were around as early as December, 2004 . EXTERNAL LINK Bio on FOXNews.com Pictures of Rudi Bakhtiar |