Evgeny Lebedev after a year. The papers have been described as "progressive" in "The New York Times". In 2013, Amol Rajan became editor of "The Independent", making him the second non-white editor of a national newspaper. Two of the other editors have been women: Sarah Sands preceding George Osborne at the "Evening Standard", and Lisa Markwell of "The Independent on Sunday". Some of the editors in Lebedev's newspaper group are unusually young; Rajan and the "i" editor, Oliver Duff, are both in their early thirties. In February 2016, it was announced that Independent Press Ltd had reached an agreement to sell the
Resalat (newspaper) Fiqh and Vilayat-e Faqih." It is close to the Islamic Coalition Party. The paper is based in Tehran. Its circulation ranged between 30,000 and 50,000 copies in the mid-2000s. Resalat (newspaper) Resalat () is a conservative daily newspaper in Iran. "Resalat" is a pro-Khamenei and pro-Ahmadinejad newspaper. "Resalat" was first published in 1985. The paper belongs to the Resalat Foundation and focuses on political, cultural, social, economic and sports news. Morteza Nabavi is the editor-in-chief of the daily which has a conservative stance. Amir Mohebbian served as the political editor of the paper. In its mission statement, "Resalat" declares that