Our man in tehran thomas erdbrink biography

  • David Greene talks to Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times about the series he produced for Frontline documenting life inside Iran which airs Monday and.
  • Thomas Erdbrink is a Dutch journalist who is the Northern Europe bureau chief for The New York Times, covering Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
  • For 17 years, Thomas Erdbrink has been covering front–page news from inside Iran.

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    After the mayor success of the 5 episode Dutch version of our &#;Onze man in Teheran&#; which broadcasted in May this year on the Dutch NPO, FRONTLINE picked up the series as well, and brought it back to 2 episodes which aired this week.

    Whether protests about headscarves, visits to America, or dreams of martyrdom, Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds.

    Frontline’s determinedly upbeat documentary provides a look at Iranian society &#; The vägg Street Journal &#; Dorothy Rabinowitz

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    A fascinating and revealing view of life inside Iran, with Dutch NYTimes correspondent Thomas Erdbrink.

    On Monday, August 13 and Tuesday, August 14, FRONTLINE presented Our Man in Tehran – a revealing series on life inside Iran, with Thomas Erdbrink.

    In this two-night documentary special, Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encoun

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    Our Man in Tehran

    On Monday, August 13 and Tuesday, August 14, FRONTLINE presents Our Man in Tehran – a revealing series on life inre Iran, with New York Times correspondent Thomas Erdbrink. In this two-night documentary special, Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed samhälle of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living beneath theocratic leaders.

    Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and bygd the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided bygd the Abrams Foundation; Park Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and

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    &#;Our Man in Tehran,” a FRONTLINE Series with The New York Times’ Thomas Erdbrink, Gives a Rare and Revealing Look at Life in Iran

    Our Man in Tehran
    Monday, August 13, , from p.m. ET / p.m. CT on PBS & online
    Tuesday, August 14, , from p.m. ET / p.m. CT on PBS & online

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    This summer, as tensions rise between the United States and Iran, with threats of war and sanctions, FRONTLINE is presenting an unusual and surprising portrait of life inside the Islamic Republic.

    For 17 years, Thomas Erdbrink has been covering front&#;page news from inside Iran. Now chief correspondent and Tehran bureau chief for The New York Times, he is one of the last Western journalists living in the country. Over the course of four years beginning in , he was able to get permission to travel with a crew from Dutch television around the country, meeting people and hearing stories about their lives and hopes and