Career
He has been based in Iran since 2002 and currently works as Tehran Bureau Chief for the New York Times. Erdbrink is one of a few Western reporters accredited for United States. media in Iran. Erdbrink has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
From 2008 to 2012 he served as The Washington Post bureau chief in Tehran and was succeeded by Jason Rezaian.
He is fluent in Dutch, English, Persian and German and regularly appears on European and American media outlets.