Mahdi Abbasian is a broadcast journalist who joined Press TV as a newswriter in 2020.

Being a young and talented individual, shortly after joining Press TV’s newsroom,

Mahdi put his writing skills as well as his voice into work as a producer for programs such as ON THE NEWS LINE and the ECONOMIC DIVIDE.

He is now the presenter of the QUICKTAKE segment in the Economic Divide program.

He is also a correspondent for Press TV’s Tehran Bureau.

He has reported the first Hajj pilgrimage after the Covid-19 outbreak, the first Arbaeen Walk after the pandemic, BRICS plus summit in South Africa as well as dozens of other domestic and international events.

Mahdi has also interviewed several high profile officials including the Iranian Foreign Minister, foreign ministers of Mali and Tanzania among others.