Michel Friedman spricht mit Natalie Amiri

In the organizer's words:

In April, Michel Friedman invites journalist and presenter Natalie Amiri to the Schauspielhaus to talk about fear.

Natalie Amiri, born in Munich in 1978, studied Oriental Studies and Islamic Studies at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg, Tehran and Damascus. Natalie Amiri began working for the ARD studio in Tehran in 2007. Since 2011 she has represented the correspondents in the ARD studios of the BR. Natalie Amiri has distinguished herself through investigative research, commentaries in the Tagesthemen, as well as dedicated interviews and reports, including for the award-winning ARD documentary "Death off Lampedusa - Europe's Fall from Grace" and the Grimme Prize nominated documentary: "Disappeared in Germany".

In 2019, Amiri was nominated for the German Television Award for Best Foreign Correspondent. Since March 30, 2014, she has presented "Weltspiegel" from Munich, as well as the BR Europe magazine "Euroblick". Natalie Amiri has been head of the ARD studio in Tehran since 2015. In May 2020, she had to leave the office due to a current threat to her safety in Iran.