 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1983, CNN yakamushandira kudesiki rokune dzimwe nyika muAtlanta, kuGeorgia, somubatsiri mudesiki. Mumakore ake okutanga semunyori wenhau, Amanpour akapiwa basa rake guru rokutanga rokufukidza Hondo yeIran neIraq, izvo zvakaita kuti aendeswe muna 1986 kuEastern Europe kunoshuma nezvekuwa kweEuropean communism.. Muna 1989, akanzi anoshanda kuFrankfurt am Main, kuWest Germany, kwaaishuma nezvekuchinja kwezvematongerwo enyika kwaiitika muEastern Europe panguva iyoyo. Kuburikidza nenzvimbo iyi, akakwanisa kusimukira mukambani uye muna 1990 akashanda semunyori weCNNs New York bureau. 