Pouria Nazemi

Dec 10, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |Jemimah Steinfeld |Sarah Dawood |Pouria Nazemi

Belarus is ending 2024 and entering the new year with a grim outlook. The dictator of 30 years, who maintains his grip through unprecedented repression, is holding a sham “reelection” on 26 January – again. Aliaksandr Lukashenka is threatening to shut down the internet during the election – again. Any form of protest is being brutally suppressed – again.

Dec 6, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Pouria Nazemi |Martin Bright |Emily Boyle

Iran, a country that in its distant past played a significant role in the development of knowledge and laid the foundations upon which modern science now stands, has experienced a tremendous urge for scientific rebirth over the past century. But Iranian scientists are facing a government that considers itself the manifestation of God’s will on Earth, that has no qualms about intimidation and oppression, and whose daily rhetoric revolves around the word “enemy”.

Oct 6, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Pouria Nazemi

POURIA NAZEMI explores why being a scientist in Iran is so dangerous, and what is left behind when advancement is hinderedI RAN, A COUNTRY that in its distant past played a significant role in the development of knowledge and laid the foundations upon which modern science now stands, has experienced a tremendous urge for scientific rebirth over the past century.

Jul 19, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Rizik Al-Abi |Sarah Dawood |Pouria Nazemi

On a summer evening in June 2000, the Syrian official television channel interrupted its regular broadcast and announced the death of the country’s then President Hafez al-Assad. The screen turned black, declaring a 40-day official mourning period, during which television viewers were subjected to programmes about the accomplishments and heroism of the deceased president. News was all but suppressed for weeks.

Dec 5, 2023 | player.fm | Pouria Nazemi

DNA science. Artificial intelligence. Smartphones and 3D printers. Science and technology have transformed the world we live in. But how did we get here? It wasn’t by accident. Well, sometimes it was. It was also the result of hard work, teamwork, and competition. And incredibly surprising moments. Hosted by bestselling author Steven Johnson (“How We Got To Now”), American Innovations uses immersive scenes to tell the stories of the scientists, engineers, and ordinary people behind the great ...