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class="post-inner-content"> <p>Headquartered in New York City, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is comprised of award-winning journalists, researchers and human rights advocates. Our staff collaborates with an extensive team of independent investigators, civil society activists and human rights defenders inside Iran, allowing CHRI to report on and document real-time, on-the-ground human rights conditions in Iran.</p> <p>Our team includes writers and multimedia professionals, enabling CHRI to disseminate its findings through comprehensive reports, briefing papers, breaking news articles and continuous news updates, press releases, blogs, videos, audio podcasts, and interactive online projects. Members of our team regularly brief journalists and policy makers, and work to expand public awareness of human rights issues through print and broadcast media interviews.</p> <p>We advocate with governments and major international organizations, and partner with activists around the world to inform the international community of the state of human rights in Iran, advance basic rights and freedoms, and hold Iran accountable to its international obligations.</p> <p><strong><em>Learn more about the Center’s work and impact <a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/what_we_do/">here</a>. </em></strong></p> <h5 style="margin-top: 20px;">Staff</h5> <div class="FauxTable"> <div class="FauxTableRow"> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-hadi-ghaemi/"><img decoding="async" title="Hadi Ghaemi" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Hadi-Ghaemi-160x180.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="180"></a><br /> <strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-hadi-ghaemi/">Hadi Ghaemi</a></strong><br /> Executive Director</p> </div> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-karen-kramer/"><img decoding="async" title="Karen Kramer" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/KKramer.jpg" alt="Karen Kramer" width="160" height="180"></a><br /> <strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-karen-kramer/">Karen Kramer</a></strong><br /> Deputy Director</p> </div> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-michael-eisner/"><img decoding="async" title="Michael Eisner" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/MEisner.jpg" alt="Michael Eisner" width="160" height="180"></a><br /> <strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-michael-eisner/">Michael Eisner</a></strong><br /> General Counsel</p> </div> </div> <div class="FauxTableRow"> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bahar-ghandehari-bio/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-39050" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMGj_7589-scaled-e1723660872186-268x300.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="178"></a><strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bahar-ghandehari-bio/">Bahar Ghandehari</a></strong><br /> Communications Director<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-39286" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" srcset="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7-300x300.jpg 300w, https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7-150x150.jpg 150w, https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7-500x500.jpg 500w, https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7-100x100.jpg 100w, https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_-2r5og7.jpg 699w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px" /><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/behnam-daraeizadeh/"><strong>Behnam Daraeizadeh</strong></a><br /> Senior Farsi Editor</p> </div> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-jahanshah-javid/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" title="Jahanshah Javid" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/JJ.jpg" alt="Jahanshah Javid" width="160" height="180"></a><br /> <strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-jahanshah-javid/">Jahanshah Javid</a></strong><br /> Senior Researcher</p> </div> <div class="AboutCol2"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-esfandiar-aban/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" title="Esfandiar Aban" src="https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Esfandiar-Aban-e1622127664130.jpg" alt="Esfandiar Aban" width="160" height="180"></a><br /> <strong><a href="https://iranhumanrights.org/bio-esfandiar-aban/">Esfandiar Aban</a></strong><br /> Senior Researcher</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="FauxTableRow"> <p></p> <h5 style="display: block; 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