Cherry Mosteshar

Cherry Mosteshar is an author and journalist. After the publication of her book, Unveiled: Love and Death Among the Ayatollahs, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei condemned her as ‘a notorious man-hater’ for the book’s strong attack on the violation of women’s rights in Iran. Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, called her a troublemaker and Tony Blair is said to have thought she needed ’sorting out’ in response to her political journalism. She has also written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The South China Morning Post, The Daily Mail and many other newspapers and magazines worldwide. She has also been a page editor on The Independent business pages and at The Guardian. Cherry also worked on the Op/Ed pages of The Guardian and The Independent. She has appeared on the BBC – including Radio 4’s The Today programme – CNN, Radio Five Live, Sky News, and numerous other local and international TV and radio stations. The Guardian called her a ‘left-wing hero’ – before she went to work for them. Her greatest moment in her 25 years as a journalist is shaking hands with Nelson Mandela. She has worked in London and as a Foreign Correspondent for the Financial Times, The Economist, The Independent and most recently at The Guardian. Now based in Oxford, Cherry has worked in Hong Kong and Iran and has written on the Middle East, Islam, UK politics, the arts and South-East Asia. She was one of a handful of female Sports journalists in the 1980s, and covered teams such as Spurs. She started her career as a television producer and has worked in television in Iran and Hong Kong. Cherry is also a ghostwriter and has written fiction for adults and children as well as screenplays and various works for the theatre. She has also edited books and papers for academics throughout the world and for publishers including Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press and Yale University Press – and many more. Her latest book, a crime thriller set in the Middle East, England and the US, will be published in 2018. She is also writing a new series of books for children.