Center for Human Rights in Iran

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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]

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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]

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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 Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine . iranhumanrights.org Accessed June 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Who we are". Center for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Hadi Ghaemi Archived 2010-05-10 at the Wayback Machine . Iran Human Rights Voice Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine . Published April 1, 2009. Accessed June 18, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Bio: Nazanin Boniadi". Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.


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