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Iran Human Rights (IHR) (Persian: سازمان حقوق بشر ایران) is a non-profit international non-governmental organization focused on human rights in Iran. Founded in 2005, it is a non-partisan and politically independent organisation based in Oslo , Norway .
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.
The Imperial State of Iran, the government of Iran during the Pahlavi dynasty, lasted from 1925 to 1979.The use of torture and abuse of prisoners varied at times during the Pahlavi reign, according to one history, [6] but both of two monarchs – Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi – employed censorship, secret police, torture, and executions.
The organization’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Javaid Rehman, was on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning for a briefing with staff members from two bipartisan House caucuses.
She serves as board chair of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center where she aims to promote accountability, human rights and the rule of law in Iran. Since the murder of Mahsa Amini in September 2022, Nia has pursued efforts to hold the Islamic Republic accountable, leading a successful campaign to have Iran removed from the UN Commission ...
Drought has been a problem in Iran for some 30 years, but has worsened over the past decade, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization. The Iran Meteorological Organization says ...
HRAI’s goals consist of promoting, safeguarding, and sustaining human rights in Iran. Through a network of news agencies and online outlets, the organization keeps the Iranian community and the world informed by monitoring human rights violations in the country and disseminating the news about such abuses.
16 September – Human rights organizations say that Iranian police arrested the father of Mahsa Amini on the first anniversary of her death. [20] 18 September – Iran announced that a prisoner swap will take place today with the United States. Under the agreement, Iran will also have access to 6 billion dollars frozen in South Korea. [21]