Financial Tribune
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| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Alireza Bakhtiari |
| Publisher | DEN Group |
| Editor-in-chief | Khosro Ghadiri |
| Staff writers | 50 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Political alignment | Center right |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Circulation | 20,000 |
| Sister newspapers | Donya-e-Eqtesad Persian |
| Website | www.financialtribune.com |
| Country | Iran |
| City | Tehran |
Financial Tribune is a non-governmental newspaper in Iran opened in 2014. Its purpose is to cover a variety of political, economic and social stories.[1]
Profile
The Financial Tribune's Editor-in-Chief is Khosro Ghadiri, the paper's Senior Editor is Amin Sabooni, formerly the Editor-in-Chief of Iran Daily newspaper. Financial Tribune’s License Holder is “Donyaye Eghtesad Taban CO” & it owner is Alireza Bakhtiari who also runs the Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper, Tejarat-e-Farda magazine and Eghtesad News website.
The paper's senior bourse correspondent is Morteza Ramezanpour, who covers topics such as the equity market and the Iran Mercantile Exchange. The Tribune's currencies specialist is Morteza Mirmohammadi, a former analyst for Iran's financial sector. And the paper's main local tech sector researcher is Neda Monem.
Many of the newspapers senior staff are former members of Iran's other English language media including the state owned Press TV channel. As of 2014, the Financial Tribune's main headquarters are in Iran's capital Tehran.
The newspaper covers a host of up and coming sectors in Iran's economy. In recent months its technology[2] and new business experts have covered subjects from the first EU-Iran Forum hosted in London to new online startup businesses operating in the country.
In April 2015, the newspaper became a 16 page newspaper with the edition of alternating pages between local automotive news, science and technology, environment and tourism.
Criticisms
Although relatively new, the Financial Tribune has come under heavy criticism for being "too conservative" in their approach to news. [3]
Newspapers in Iran
English-language newspapers in Iran are not common; the Financial Tribune is the country's first and only English-language economics newspaper. Currently, four other English-language newspapers are published in Iran: Tehran Times, which operates under the mayor’s office; Kayhan International, a Persian-language edition of Kayhan operating under the supreme leader’s office; Iran Daily, which operates under the umbrella of the administration’s Islamic Republic News Agency; and Iran News, which reflects of the views of Iran’s Foreign Ministry.[4]
References
- ↑ "Financial Tribune launched". Al-monitor. Retrieved 01 10 2014. Check date values in:
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/AlborzHabibi/status/508620518338355201
- ↑ Al Monitor. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/10/iran-finanical-tribune-newspaper-economy.html#ixzz3OblLnjWS. Missing or empty
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