Thomas Erdbrink (; born January 27, 1976) is a Dutch journalist who is the Northern Europe bureau chief for ''The New York Times'', covering Nordic countries and the Netherlands. He was from 2012 until 2019 the Tehran Bureau Chief for ''

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''. Erdbrink was at the time one of the few Western reporters accredited for U.S. media in Iran. Erdbrink has a B.A. in journalism from HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. From 2008 to 2012 he served as

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bureau chief in Tehran and was succeeded by

Jason Rezaian Jason Rezaian ( fa, جیسون رضائیان; born on March 16, 1976) is an Iranian-American journalist who served as Tehran bureau chief for ''The Washington Post''. He was convicted of espionage in a closed-door trial in Iran in 2015. On Jul ...

. He is fluent in Dutch, English, Persian and German and regularly appears on European and American media outlets. Erdbrink's TV documentary series ''Onze man in Teheran'' (Our man in Tehran) won the 2015 Zilveren Nipkowschijf. In June 2019, ''The New York Times'' publicized that Iranian authorities had revoked Erdbrink's press credentials in late February 2019 and he has been unable to perform work in the country since then.

Personal life

Erdbrink is married to Iranian photographer and journalist

Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian ( fa, نیوشا توکلیان; born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time'' magazine, ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. Her work focuses o ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erdbrink, Thomas 1976 births Living people Dutch journalists The New York Times writers People from Leiderdorp