Nelufar Hedayat (born 1 January 1988) is a British journalist and presenter who hosts the podcast Course Correction[1] and is the correspondent for Doha Debates.

[2] She has worked in television across the BBC, as well as on Channel 4, Netflix, Fusion and The Guardian newspaper, covering breaking news, live events and in-depth investigations in some of the world's most dangerous places.

[4] Her mother, who was a civil engineer, took a job cleaning hotel rooms, and her father, a professor of mathematics, worked as a carpet salesman.

[11] The 2010 television documentary Women, Weddings, War and Me, directed by Ruhi Hamid,[12] follows Hedayat as she returns to her homeland for the first time since leaving some 15 years earlier.

It also aired in Australia on ABC on 17 May 2010 and it has received largely positive reviews,[14] while scoring the highest audience approval rating for a documentary on any channel ever reported.

[19] In her first eight-part documentary series, Hedayat investigates traffickers and illicit markets around the world, uncovering vast criminal networks enabled by middle men and corruption.