Asieh Namdar (born 1967) is an Iranian American journalist and television presenter.
[1] She is currently an anchor for CGTN America in Washington, D.C.[2] Namdar was born to parents of Iranian origin in Karachi in 1967 and grew up in Tehran, Iran.
Namdar graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in communications.
[citation needed] Having joined CNN in 1989 as a video journalist, Asieh has produced her segment, reported on the Middle East conflict, the civil war in Northern Uganda, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and interviewed world leaders.
Namdar also anchored, wrote and produced the daily CNN Headline News segment "The Global Minute".