Nima Gholam Ali Pour | |
|---|---|
 Nima Gholam Ali Pour, Swedish writer | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office September 26, 2022 | |
| Constituency | Malmö Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 29, 1981 Iran |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats (2013-present) Swedish Social Democrats (before 2013). |
| Occupation | Politician, author, activist |
Nima Gholam Ali Pour (born November 29, 1981) is an Iranian-born Swedish politician, author, activist, political commentator and journalist. Since the 2022 Swedish general election, he has been a member of the Riksdag representing the Sweden Democrats party for the Malmö Municipality constituency.
Ali Pour was born in Iran in 1981. His family fled the country after his mother was charged with sheltering left-wing activists opposing the Iranian regime. They were admitted into Sweden as refugees in 1987. His parents ran a library in Iran and then worked at a pre-school in Sweden.[1][2] As an adult, Pour trained as a teacher and attended Malmö Högskola where he graduated with a master's degree in International Migration and Ethnic Relations.[3][4][5]
Pour is a co-founder and spokesman for Perspective On Israel, a Swedish organization founded in 2013 that claims to seek to counteract negative or biased perceptions against Israel in Swedish politics and the media.[6][7] Ali Pour has written articles for The Local, The Jerusalem Post, Ynet, Gatestone Institute, Expressen and Frontpage Magazine.[8][9][10][11][12] In 2015, Pour published the book Why Multiculturalism is Oppression taken from a collection of his blogs and articles. The book argues multiculturalism defines the individual's complex identity through simple external attributes, and has been a cause of antisemitism and Islamic extremism in Europe.[13] In 2018, Pour accused Malmö city council of using taxpayer's money to help fund antisemitic groups.[11]
Pour was a member of the Swedish Social Democrats but resigned from the party in 2013 after it appointed former Sveriges Unga Muslimer and Islamic Association of Sweden leader Omar Mustafa to the party's executive board.[9] Pour subsequently joined the Sweden Democrats, arguing that Sweden needed tougher policies on immigration and integration. He serves as on the SD's executive board in Malmö and is a group leader in Malmö primary school board.[1][14][15][12]
During the 2022 general election in Sweden, he stood for the Sweden Democrats in the Malmö Municipality and was elected.[16]