Ladane Nasseri

Biography

Ladane Nasseri is the senior Iran correspondent for Bloomberg News and leads the Iran team’s news coverage.

Based in Tehran from 2005 until 2011, Ladane has covered the country under three successive Iranian presidents and throughout an era of sanctions, nuclear negotiations and post-sanctions recovery.

Working out of Bloomberg’s Middle East headquarters in Dubai since then, Ladane focuses on Iranian politics, economy and society reporting on a range of topics such as entrepreneurship, environmental challenges, domestic developments and foreign policy. She travels regularly back to Iran for reporting assignments and to interview top officials.
Ladane has been a participant or moderator at Iran-related events such as the Europe-Iran Forum that aims to foster closer ties between European and Iranian business leaders in addition to other forums, which have brought together Iranian entrepreneurs and influencers from across the globe.

Prior to reporting for Bloomberg, Ladane was a contributor to Newsweek, Liberation, the Daily Telegraph, La Presse and WNYC-New York Public Radio. Her work has been published by media outlets globally, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Germany’s Die Welt and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Ladane has a Masters in international relations from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).