Artemis Moshtaghian - News Editor and Producer
Artemis Moshtaghian
News Editor and Producer
Artemis is a News Editor covering U.S. and international news for CNN and CNNI
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Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
Apr 19, 2024
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, a move that threatens to push the region deeper into conflict. The target is not nuclear, the official added.
Bridges reopen after 26 barges broke loose and floated down Ohio River, damaging a marina
Apr 13, 2024
A pair of Pittsburgh-area bridges reopened Saturday morning after 26 barges broke loose the previous night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, damaging a marina, authorities said.
Shooting of Virginia teacher by 6-year-old was an ‘avoidable event,’ special grand jury report says
Apr 11, 2024
The 2023 shooting at a Virginia elementary school in which a 6-year-old student shot his teacher was an “avoidable situation,” a special grand jury said in a new report, citing “poor decisions” in the lead-up to the shooting.
Florida woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary in 2020 sentenced to one month in jail
Apr 10, 2024
A Florida woman was sentenced to one month in prison and three years of probation for selling the diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter to Project Veritas in 2020.
Former elementary school assistant principal charged after a teacher was shot by 6-year-old student
Apr 10, 2024
A former Virginia elementary school administrator was indicted last month and charged with eight felony counts after a 6-year-old student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher last year.
Deadly Nor’easter cuts off power to hundreds of thousands across the Northeast as many roads remain impassable
Apr 5, 2024
At least three people are dead and hundreds of thousands are without power Friday after a nor’easter brought heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the Northeast.
NTSB investigates Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in eastern Pennsylvania
Mar 2, 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment involving three Norfolk Southern trains in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday, NTSB spokesperson Sarah Taylor Sulick said.
Iranian pop star who sang protest anthem jailed and ordered to write anti-US song, rights group says
Mar 1, 2024
Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US “atrocities,” a human rights group reported.
A pregnant woman found dead 32 years ago has been identified through her father’s DNA
Feb 16, 2024
A pregnant woman, who was found dead in a flooded basement thirty-two years ago, has been identified through forensic genetic genealogy and DNA provided by her father’s buccal swab, according to authorities.
The National Guard was sent to protect migrants at New York relief centers. But some sexually exploited them, lawsuit alleges
Feb 13, 2024
Some National Guard members and publicly contracted relief workers tasked with caring for people who sought asylum in New York stand accused instead of sexually exploiting migrant women and children, violently assaulting at least one shelter guest and generally placing the newcomers into decrepit conditions, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.
Mayor says police presence increased at places of worship after WSJ opinion piece declared his city ‘America’s Jihad capital’
Feb 5, 2024
The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s Jihad capital.”
Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for trying to burn down an Ohio church that was hosting drag story hour
Jan 30, 2024
An Ohio man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from his attempt in March 2023 to burn down a Chesterland church, a week before it planned to host two drag show events, according to the US Department of Justice.
Gunmen kill nine Pakistani workers in Iranian border region days after military strikes
Jan 29, 2024
Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers on Saturday in the Iranian city of Saravan, in the restive southeastern border region, according to Pakistani officials. The attack is the latest incident across the shared Iran-Pakistan border that has sent tensions between the two neighbors soaring.
Iran blames Israel for assassination of its military advisors in Damascus missile strike
Jan 20, 2024
At least five Iranian military advisors and a number of Syrian forces were killed in an Israeli missile strike on a building in Damascus on Saturday, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, in another sign of building hostilities in the Middle East as Israel’s war with Hamas enters its fourth month.
About
Artemis Moshtaghian is a News Editor and Producer at CNN covering major breaking news events in the U.S. around the world. She has an extensive background in international affairs and the Middle East and she played a significant role in team coverage of the attempted coup d’é·tat in Turkey, and protests and unrest in Iran. She covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election with CNN’s Political Unit and provided key insight into the early days of President Trump’s immigration travel ban. Artemis is currently based out of CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Psychobiology.