German-Iranian journalist, television presenter and book author
Natalie Amiri (*1978), daughter of a German and an Iranian, studied Oriental Studies and Islamic Studies at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg. A scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) took her to the universities of Tehran and Damascus. Since 2011, she has represented the correspondents in the ARD studios of BR, including in Istanbul, Athens and Rome. Since 2014, she has presented the "ARD-Weltspiegel" from Munich as well as the BR-Europa-Magazin "Euroblick". From 2015, Natalie Amiri headed the ARD office in Tehran. In May 2020, she was warned by the German Foreign Office to stop entering Iran for security reasons and therefore had to relinquish the management of the Tehran TV studio. She was named Journalist of the Year by "medium magazine" in May 2022 (1st place in the "Politics" category). Amiri's most recent publication is entitled "Afghanistan. Unbesiegter Verlierer" (Aufbau, March 2022).
Tuesday, 09. May 2023, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)
How does Iran threaten the players around it? What danger does the nuclear programme pose? How could the USA and Israel intervene? How does terror affect domestic politics? What are the future prospects for a successful civil society? What role do women play today? Natalie Amiri, the award-winning German-Iranian journalist, television presenter and author, will speak about these and other questions.