I have been named and profiled as one of seven future thinkers that everyone should know by Die Zeit newspaper in May 2026.
Interviews
▪ Interview mit SRF, Echo der Zeit, So funktioniert der Überwachungsstaat im Iran, 16.04.2026. https://www.srf.ch/audio/echo-der-zeit/so-funktioniert-der-ueberwachungsstaat-im-iran?partId=7SO-hgvV3DGc1942RxEaCT1Qf2g
▪ Interview with The Verg, How Iran out-shitposted the White House, 11.04.2026. https://www.theverge.com/policy/910401/iran-war-propaganda-blackout-lego-ai-slop
▪ Interview with ZDFheute. 2026. Wie die Mullahs ihre Bürger überwachen, 03.03.2026. https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2025-06/internet-iran-regime-zensur-offline-nahostkrieg
▪ Interview with Radioeins. 2026. Iran-Proteste – Regime reagiert mit brutaler Gewalt und Internet-Sperre, 26.01.2026. https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2025-06/internet-iran-regime-zensur-offline-nahostkrieg
▪ Interview with Radioeins, Medienmagazin. 17.01.2026. https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/sendungen/18/2601/260117_medienmagazin_30545.html
▪ Interview with die Zeit. 2025. Internet im Iran: Die digitale Dunkelheit, 24.06.2025. https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2025-06/internet-iran-regime-zensur-offline-nahostkrieg
▪ Interview with Radio Farda’s “7th Layaer Podcast” on the Iranian government’s newly ratified internet policy. 15.06.2024. https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32993469.html
▪ Interview with Radio Farda’s “7th Layaer Podcast” on using facial recognition technologies in Iran. 23.03.2024. https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32872063.html
▪ Cover Story of Campus Magazine, University of Twente. 2023. Promoting women’s rights is not an interest – it’s a survival strategy, 09.05.2023. https://www.utoday.nl/spotlight/72852/promoting-womens-rights-is-not-an-interest-its-a-survival-strategy
▪ Interview with Funke Gruppe Zeitungen. 2023. Mullahs rüsten auf: Ist der Aufstand im Iran am Ende?, 18.04.2023. https://www.morgenpost.de/politik/article238164423/iran-aufstand-mullah-regime-ende-zersplittung-protest.html
▪ Interview with Deutschlandfunk Nova. 2023. Vergiftung von Tausenden Schülerinnen, 09.03.2023. https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?audio_id=dira_DRW_8a40f52d
▪ Interview with Deutsche Welle TV on International Women’s Day, 08.03.2023. https://www.dw.com/de/der-tag-vom-08032023/av-64925362
▪ Interview with ZEIT Online. 2023. In diesem System handeln einige Anhänger auf eigene Faust. 07.03.2023. https://www.zeit.de/zett/politik/2023-03/iran-vergiftungen-maedchenschulen-taeter?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
▪ Interview with AFP. 2023. La reconnaissance faciale, arme de contrôle des opposants en Russie et en Iran? 08.02.2023. https://podcast.ausha.co/afpaudio-surlefil/la-reconnaissance-faciale-arme-de-controle-des-opposants-en-russie-et-en-iran
▪ Interview with Die Profis- Radio eins, rbb. 2022. Irans Sittenpolizei, Ausbildungschancen, Biodiversität, Gerechtigkeitsempfinden. 10.12.2022. https://www.radioeins.de/archiv/podcast/die_profis.html
▪ Interview with Magazin Mitbestimmung. 2022. „Ich bin voller Hoffnung“, Hans Böckler Foundation of German Trade Unions, vol. 06/2022 (online: 30.11.2022) https://www.boeckler.de/de/magazin-mitbestimmung-2744-ich-bin-voller-hoffnung-44958.htm
▪ Interview with Neuer Zürcher Zeitung. 2022. Gesichtserkennung bei Demonstrationen: Baut Iran einen Hightech-Überwachungsstaat auf? 14.11.2022. https://www.nzz.ch/pro-global/gesichtserkennung-bei-demonstrationen-baut-iran-einen-hightech-ueberwachungsstaat-auf-ld.1712078?reduced=true
▪ Interview with UToday. 2022. ‘This is not just a political movement against the Iranian regime’, 18.10.2022. https://www.utoday.nl/news/72022/this-is-not-just-a-political-movement-against-the-iranian-regime
▪ Interview with Cam Hunters Podcast, a collaborative art and media performance between artists STÉFY and Julia Chan. 07.10.2022. https://soundcloud.com/user-565895600
▪ Interview with The Guardian Science Weekly podcast. 2022. Why is the government in Iran shutting down the internet? 06.10.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2022/oct/06/why-is-the-government-in-iran-shutting-down-the-internet-podcast
▪ Interview with die ZEIT Online. 2022. Wie sich der Iran vom Internet abschottet, 06.10.2022. https://www.zeit.de/digital/internet/2022-10/internet-iran-proteste-netz-sperre/komplettansicht?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fazadeh-akbari.com%2F
▪ Interview with LA Times. 2022 . ‘Nothing to lose’: Iran’s protesters step up their defiance as a potential showdown looms, 04.10.2022. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-04/iran-protesters-step-up-defiance-potential-showdown-looms
▪ Interview with RTV Slovenia. 2022. Nadzor nad ženskimi telesi je ključen v ideologiji Islamske republike, problem je tudi patriarhat, , 25.09.2022. https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/bliznji-vzhod/nadzor-nad-zenskimi-telesi-je-kljucen-v-ideologiji-islamske-republike-problem-je-tudi-patriarhat/641514
▪ Interview with The Guardian. 2022. Mahsa Amini’s death could be the spark that ignites Iran around women’s rights, 23.09.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/23/mahsa-amini-death-could-be-spark-broader-political-action-iran
▪ Interview with The Guardian. 2022. Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow, 22.09.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/iran-blocks-capitals-internet-access-as-amini-protests-grow
▪ Interview with Al Jazeera (live) on Iranian protests and Internet Shutdowns, 21.09.2022
▪ Interview with The Guardian. 2022. Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law, 05.09.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/05/iran-government-facial-recognition-technology-hijab-law-crackdown
Public Talks
▪ Invited Panellist: Iran – Between Archive, Imagination and Resistance, Hastam Festival, The Art of Resistance, 2026 Edition: In Focus Afghanistan, Bürgerhaus Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, 04.-06.09.2026
▪ Invited Panellist: Krieg gegen die Bürger. Wie die islamische Republik ihre Bürger digital isoliert, Re:Publica 2026, Berlin, Germany, 18.05.2026.
▪Invited panellist: Three Days to Liberation II Festival: Between oppression and survival, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, 12.12.2026. https://www.volksbuehne.berlin/#/en/events/three-days-to-liberation
▪Keynote Speaker: Digital Futures: Governing the Digital Transformation, Spot on Governance- 1/2/8 Research Forum, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany, 14.12.2023.
▪Invited Panellist: Three Days to Liberation Festival: Practices of Liberation, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, 02.12.2023. https://www.volksbuehne.berlin/#/en/events/three-days-to-liberation
▪Invited Panellist: Political Imaginations: Nostalgia and Utopias, Atelier Automatique and Instagram live, Bochum, 16.08.2023.
▪Keynote Speaker: ExpertInnen-Gespräch zu aktuellen Entwicklungen im Iran, WoMen* in Law and Amnesty Hochschulgruppen, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, 31.05.2023. https://www.law-school.de/termin/women-life-freedom
▪Invited Panellist: Feminist Perspectives on the Militarisation of Cyberspace: Surveillance and its impacts on feminist security and human rights advocacy, Center for Feminist Foreign Policy, 21.03.2023. https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/2023/06/21/feminist-perspectives-on-the-militarisation-of-cyberspace/
▪Invited Panellist: Werkstattgespräch: Die Revolution ist tot. Es lebe die Revolution! – Für eine feministische, intersektionale und anti-autoritäre #Iranrevolution, Museum am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, 23.02.2023. https://markk-hamburg.de/veranstaltungen/markk-in-motion-23-1-23/
▪Invited Panellist: Emotions and Dreams in Imagining Political Alternatives in the Context of “Jin-Jiyan-Azadei” Revolution, Atelier Automatique, Bochum, 4.2.2023.
▪Invited lecture: Social Media and Digital Technologies in Resistance Movements, Training for International Diplomats, German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), 29.11.2022.
▪Invited Panellist: Roundtable: The Iranian Uprising, WILNET and the Manchester International Law Centre, 15.11.2022. https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/wilnet/2022/11/14/iranian-uprising-roundtable/
▪Invited Lecture: 5th Peace and Conflict Talk – “Women, Life, Freedom,” Bielefeld University, 04.11.2022. https://aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/event/5th-peace-and-conflict-talk-women-life-freedom/
▪Invited Lecture: Warum Internet-Shutdowns im Iran Menschen umbringen können? Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Baden-Württemberg & Zentrum Emanzipatorische Technikforschung (ZET), 11.10.2022
▪Invited Panellist: Screening of documentary film “Picture a Scientist” for the international day of diversity, University of Münster, 25.11.2021
▪Invited Lecture: It’s not feminism if it’s not intersectional, migloom Platform. 09.03.2021. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMNZDTqqc-1/?igshid=vajd5pmqm2jb.
▪Invited Panellist: Internationale Heidelberger Alumni im Gespräch: Mein Einstieg in den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt, Universität Heidelberg, 18.02.2021.
▪Invited Panellist: International Panel, Promovierendenkonferenz Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Hattingen, 02.11.2019.
▪Invited panellist: Discussion Panel for the documentary film No Land’s Song, in dialogue with the director Ayat Najafi, organised by Schwarzweiss at the Deutsch-Amerikanesches Institut, Heidelberg, 05.03.2017.