Mortaza Behboudi is a Franco-Afghan war reporter and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of conflict zones and commitment to press freedom.

Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019 in the Media category, he received the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents Prize and Prix Varenne in 2022 for his reporting in Afghanistan.

In January 2023, he was detained by Taliban intelligence in Kabul and released after ten months in captivity, during whiwh he was awarded the Freedom of Expression Award. In 2022, he was the only European journalist to go undercover in Iran to cover the Women, Life, Freedom movement. He is the author of Femme, vie, liberté and Fixers: Reporters Without Bylines.