Amin Sabooni is deputy chief editor at the Financial Tribune. Involved in the English-language print media in Iran since 1981, he edits and writes editorials for the Tribune, mainly covering domestic economic issues. He was executive editor at Iran Daily and Kayhan International, two other English daily newspapers based in Tehran.
The need for a professional and privately-owned English language newspaper in Iran was conspicuous by its absence. It became all the more apparent over the past year when the economic world and Iran...