Financial Tribune is a non-governmental newspaper in
Iran
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opened in 2014. Its purpose is to cover a variety of political, economic, technology, and social stories.
Though it covers a wide gamut of issues, the main focus of the newspaper is on commerce, in particular news/views related to promoting private enterprise in the economy.
Profile
The ''Financial Tribune'' editor-in-chief is
Khosro Ghadiri, the paper's Senior editor is
Amin Sabooni, formerly the editor-in-chief of ''
Iran Daily'' newspaper. Pouya Jabal Ameli is the senior economic analyst of the newspaper.
''Financial Tribune'' licence holder is "Donyay-e Eqtesad Media Group" and its owner is
Alireza Bakhtiari who also runs the ''
Donya-e-Eqtesad
''Donya-e-Eqtesad'' ( fa, دنیای اقتصاد meaning "the World of Economics" in Persian) is an Iranian daily newspaper and book publisher.
History and profile
''Donya-e-Eqtesad'' was founded in October 2002, and it has been published and ci ...
'' newspaper, ''
Tejarat-e-Farda'' magazine and
Eghtesad News website.
As of 2014, the ''Financial Tribune'' main headquarters are located in the central business district in Iran's capital
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
.
The newspaper covers a host of up-and-coming sectors in
Iran's economy. In recent months its technology 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 and international automotive stories, science and technology developments, and environment-tourism articles. Being the first English-language paper in the country to do the variable format of sections.
The ''Tribune'' has been actively covering news about Iran's reengagement with the global economy following the lifting of the sanctions in January 2016, including Iran's airplane deals, banking relations, bilateral trade, auto deals, and international cooperation in oil, gas and renewable energies.
In 2016, the paper was ranked 6th in Ministry of Culture's list of top Iranian business newspapers. From among six candidates the ''Financial Tribune'' was selected by judges as the top website in the 'Economic News' category in the ninth edition of Iran Web Awards in 2017.
In 2017, ''Financial Tribune'' CEO Alireza Bakhtiari was awarded the Amin al-Zarb award in recognition of his journalistic endeavors in the private sector.
On September 23, 2018, and following the worsening condition of country's economy, the newspaper announced that it will be published in 8 pages. As the results, art and culture, people, sports, environment and world economy pages were removed from the print version.
Causes
The newspaper has been a vocal critic of Iranian government policies in regards to handling Iran's ongoing water crisis since the development of the paper's environment section in January 2015. With titles such as "Water Management Deserves new Strategy", "Water Crisis: A New Wake-Up Call" and "Experts Review Water Crisis".
English newspapers in Iran
There are five
English-language
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newspapers in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The ''Financial Tribune'' is the only English-language newspaper on economics. The other newspapers published in English in Iran are the ''
Tehran Times
The ''Tehran Times'' is an English-language daily newspaper. Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, second in line in the political hierarchy following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, stated: "''Tehran Times'' is not a state-owned newspaper, rathe ...
''; ''
Kayhan International'', a Persian-language version of ''
Kayhan'' published by the office of the
Supreme Leader; ''
Iran Daily'', published by the administration's
Islamic Republic News Agency
The Islamic Republic News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, ''Xebergâzari-ye Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye''), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency ...
; and ''Iran News'', from Iran's Foreign Ministry.
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See also
* Economy of Iran
The economy of Iran is a mixed economy with a large state-owned sector and is the largest in the Middle East in terms of nominal GDP. It is the world's 21st largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Some 60% of Iran's economy is centrally pla ...
* Foreign direct investment in Iran
* Industry of Iran
According to a report by ''The Economist'', Iran has been ranked 39th for producing $23 billion of industrial products in 2008. From 2008 to 2009 Iran has leaped to 28th place from 69th place in annual industrial production growth rate.
T ...
* Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI; ) is the Iranian governmental institution for standardization and certification. It is the Iranian representative to International Organization for Standardization.
See also
*I ...
* International rankings of Iran
The following are List of international rankings, international rankings for Iran:
Agriculture
Communication and information technology
Demographics
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment and ecology
General
Globalization
...
* Media in Iran
* Privatization in Iran
According to the Fourth Economic history of Iran#Review of Iran's successive economic plans (1991–2010), Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005–2010), the Privatization Organization of Iran affiliated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs a ...
* Science and technology in Iran
Iran has made considerable advances in science and technology through education and training, despite international sanctions in almost all aspects of research during the past 30 years. Iran's university population swelled from 100,000 in 1979 ...
* Taxation in Iran
Taxation in Iran is levied and collected by the Iranian National Tax Administration under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Government of Iran. In 2008, about 55% of the government's budget came from oil and natural gas reve ...
* Tehran International Fair
* Tehran Stock Exchange
The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) ( fa, بورس اوراق بهادار تهران, romanized: ''Burs-e Owraq-e Bahadar-e Tehran'') is Iran's largest stock exchange, which first opened in 1967. The TSE is based in Tehran. , 339 companies with a com ...
Financial Tribune news desks
* International (global) news
* National (Iran) news
* Iran Business & Markets news
* Iran Energy News
* Domestic Economy news
* Iran Auto news
* Iran Science & Technology news
* World (Global) Economy news
* Iran People news
* Iran Travel news
* Iran Environment news
* Iran Art and Culture news
References
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2014 establishments in Iran
Multilingual news services
Newspapers published in Tehran
Publications established in 2014