Italian journalist Alberto Negri (b. 1956) writes for Il Sole 24 Oreon Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, as well as being a member of the board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). He is the author of Il turbante e la corona. Iran, trent'anni dopo (The Turban and the Crown: Iran, Thirty Years After; published by Marco Tropea, 2009).