Fisk worked on the '' Sunday Express '' diary column before a disagreement with the editor , John Junor , prompted a move to '' The Times '' . From 1972 to 1975 , at the height of the Troubles , Fisk was '' The Times '' Belfast correspondent , before being posted to Portugal following the Carnation Revolution in 1974 . He then was appointed Middle East correspondent ( 1976 – 1988 ) . In addition to the Troubles and Portugal , he reported the Iranian revolution in 1979 . When a story of his was spiked ( Iran Air Flight 655 ) after Rupert Murdoch 's takeover , he moved to '' The Independent '' in April 1989 . '' The New York Times '' once described Robert Fisk as " probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain "
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655
Robert Fisk