Nima Gholam Ali Pour

Nima Gholam Ali Pour (born 29 November 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.

Early life 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. 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.

Career 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. Ali Pour has written articles for The Local, The Jerusalem Post, Ynet, Gatestone Institute, Expressen and Frontpage Magazine. 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. In 2018, Pour accused Malmö city council of using taxpayer's money to help fund antisemitic groups.

In 2023, Pour gained media attention for referring to Swedish mosques as "nests of evil".

Works 2015 - Därför är mångkultur förtryck (Why Multiculturalism is Oppression) (2015) 2017 - Allah bestämmer inte i Sverige (Allah does not rule in Sweden: on Islam and other uncomfortable issues in Sweden today) Middle Eastern Forum (2017)