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01/26/2023 | Campus-Meldung

Glass of reason to Natalie Amiri

This year, the "Glass of Reason" prize will be awarded for the 32nd time. The Kassel citizenship award, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to the correspondent and presenter Natalie Amiri. The president of the University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Ute Clement, also sat on the selection committee.

"We will present the award to an intrepid journalist who, through her reporting, has given a voice to the heroines and heroes of 2022: women and youth in Iran" says Wilfried Sommer, Chairman of the Board of the Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Award. Natalie Amiri has hosted ARD's World Mirror from Munich since 2014 and headed the ARD bureau in Tehran for five years from 2015. Since 2017, she has also regularly commented on current affairs for BR's Tagesthemen. In 2020, the risk of becoming the victim of a political hostage situation became too great for her, according to an assessment by the German Foreign Office. She had to relinquish the management of the Tehran television studio. The Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees acknowledge that Natalie Amiri, with her reporting, takes responsibility in a special way for people who fight for a free society and against violence and fanaticism.

The prize will be awarded on October 8. An event on the eve of the award ceremony will be held at the University of Kassel with students. A specific event announcement will follow in the summer.