Center for Human Rights in Iran explained

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 .^[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

External links

• Main website

Notes and References

1. Web site: What We Do. Center for Human Rights in Iran. 2020-03-04.
2. News: . Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis . June 17, 2009 . June 19, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090620010707/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election . June 20, 2009 .
3. http://www.iranhumanrights.org/about/ About the campaign
4. Web site: Who we are. Center for Human Rights in Iran. 14 April 2019.
5. http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=2089 Hadi Ghaemi
6. Web site: Bio: Nazanin Boniadi. 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414094632/https://www.iranhumanrights.org/bio-nazanin-boniadi/. live. 14 April 2019.