Other hobbies include whitewater rafting, waterskiing, snow skiing, horseback riding, tennis, yoga, tae kwon do, and oil painting in her downtime.
[7][8] She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1990, planning to be a dentist.
"[16] Bakhtiar worked on an unfinished documentary on Turkey after the failed 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt and before Michael Flynn was officially named National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump.
[citation needed] According to Lycos, she was ninth-ranked in the top 20 TV news personalities with the most searches from January through August that year.
[20] In Washington D.C., December 4, 2003, Bakhtiar was the master of ceremonies for the Iranian American Technology Council Gala.
[21] Bakhtiar was also the master of ceremonies for the University of California, Irvine, lecture given by Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, on May 21, 2005.
[3][22] In 2007, Bakhtiar reported to Fox News about alleged sexual harassment by Brian Wilson before his promotion to Washington bureau chief.
A settlement was reached in which Fox News agreed to pay Bakhtiar the $670,000 remaining on her contract, as well as her legal fees.
[12][23] A scene showing Bakhtiar being harassed by Wilson is included in the 2019 film Bombshell, in which she is portrayed by Nazanin Boniadi.