Nuri Fatolahzadeh

Nuri Fatolahzadeh is an Italian-Iranian independent reporter based in Brescia. Her work focuses on civil rights, environmental issues, the climate crisis, migration and international affairs, with a detailed focus on Iran. She has contributed to publications such as The Post Internazionale, Giornale di Brescia, IRPI Media and Green European Journal. In 2022, her report on the Caffaro environmental disaster won the Vergani Prize. In 2024, her podcast was a finalist at the Italian Podcast Awards and received a special mention for journalism with a local impact at the Tina Merlin Prize.

The unresolved issue: living next to a polluted site

Many places in Europe have been contaminated by companies which, despite sometimes having been “ordered” to carry out remediation, fail to compensate residents for the damage caused to t...