Born in Baghdad during the Ottoman era, Sasson made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1937. He became one of the leaders of Sephardic Jews in Palestine, served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Sephardi Jewry, was a member of the board of the World Federation of Sephardi Communities and was president of the Iraqi community in Tel Aviv. He was also amongst the founders of the Israeli Rotary, and was president of the Tel Aviv branch between 1945 and 1946.