Financial Tribune's licence holder is "Donyay-e Eqtesad Media Group" and its owner is Alireza Bakhtiari who also runs the Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper, Tejarat-e-Farda magazine and Eghtesad News website.

[3] From among six candidates the Financial Tribune was selected by judges as the top website in the 'Economic News' category in the ninth edition of Iran Web Awards in 2017.

The newspaper has been a vocal critic of Iranian government policies in regards to handling Iran's ongoing water crisis since the development of the paper's environment section in January 2015.

[9] Following the closure of the paper Berlin-based Bne IntelliNews entered into negotiations with the group to continue coverage of economic and macroeconomic news and data from Iran.

Many of which have moved onto publications and television channels including Bne IntelliNews, BBC Monitoring, CGTN, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Al Jazeera and Al-Monitor.