Center for Human Rights in Iran

American non-government organisation

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 Dutch non-governmental organization 'Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East' wished to focus on the situation in Iran.[3]

## Background

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Hadi Ghaemi is the executive director (as of April 2019[update]).[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

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* Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

## Endnotes

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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.

## External links

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* Main website

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