Center for Human Rights in Iran

📅 آخر تحديث: ٣ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦
✍️ نُشر في: ٣ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦
الموسوعة الحرة

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI; 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 Dutchnon-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

Endnotes

  1. ↑"What We Do". Center for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  2. ↑"Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis". Yahoo! News. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  3. ↑"About the campaign". iranhumanrights.org. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  4. ↑"Who we are". Center for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ↑"Hadi Ghaemi". www.ihrv.org. April 1, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved June 18, 2009..
  6. ↑"Bio: Nazanin Boniadi". Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.