Organization:Center for Human Rights in Iran
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran; ICHRI) is an American non-government organization that aims to promote human rights in Iran.[1][2]
The group started in late 2007 when several human rights activists working for the Dutch non-governmental organization 'Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East' wished to focus on the situation in Iran.[3]
Background
Hadi Ghaemi is the executive director ((As of April 2019)).[4] He graduated from Boston University in 1994 and then taught physics at New York University until 2000. He has worked for human rights since and, in 2003, received a research grant from the MacArthur Foundation.[5]
In October 2015, actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.[6]
See also
- Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Endnotes
- ↑ "What We Do". http://www.iranhumanrights.org/what_we_do/.
- ↑ "Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis". Yahoo! News. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090620010707/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
- ↑ About the campaign. iranhumanrights.org Accessed June 19, 2009.
- ↑ "Who we are". https://www.iranhumanrights.org/who_we_are/. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ Hadi Ghaemi . Iran Human Rights Voice . Published April 1, 2009. Accessed June 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Bio: Nazanin Boniadi". https://www.iranhumanrights.org/bio-nazanin-boniadi/. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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