Natalie Amiri
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Natalie Amiri

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Born in 1978, Natalie Amiri grew up between Persian carpets and organic vegetables in middle-class Munich. The daughter of a German mother and an Iranian father 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. In 2007, Natalie Amiri began working for the ARD (German public service broadcaster) office in Tehran. Since 2011, she has represented the correspondents in the ARD studios of BR (Bavarian Broadcasting), including those working in Istanbul, Athens and Rome. Natalie Amiri became known for her courageous investigative research, astute commentaries in the “Tagesthemen”, a German news programme, as well as her dedicated interviews and coverages. Award-winning works include her ARD documentary "Death off Lampedusa - Europe's Fall from Grace", as well as the Grimme Award-nominated documentary: "Disappeared in Germany", a depressingly impressive film that searches for underage refugees missing in Germany. In 2019, Amiri was nominated for the German Television Award as best foreign correspondent. Since 30 March 2014, she has hosted the "ARD-Weltspiegel" from Munich, as well as the TV magazine "Euroblick". Natalie Amiri has also headed the ARD office in Tehran since 2015. In May 2020, she was warned by the German Foreign Office not to enter Iran anymore and therefore had to give up the management of the Tehran TV studio. With her book "Between the Worlds. Of power and helplessness in Iran" (2021), she wants to give the people in Iran a voice. The 42-year-old is a single mother of an adult son. And: on Instagram @natalie_amiri and Twitter @NatalieAmiri, the presenter shares her political assessments, favourite Persian recipes and photos and videos of her travels both as journalist and as a private person.
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