Abdolkarim Lahiji
Abdolkarim Lahidji | |
|---|---|
 Lahidji in 2012 | |
| Born | 1940 (age 83–84)[1] |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran[1] |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Organization(s) | International Federation for Human Rights Iranian Committee for the Defense of Freedom and Human Rights (1977–1980) |
| Movement | Civil rights[2] |
Abdolkarim Lahidji (Persian: عبدالکریم لاهیجی) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist.
He was elected as the president of the International Federation for Human Rights in 2013, having previously served as the vice-president from 1998 to 2013,[1] and is the president of the League for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran since 1983.[3] Lahidji is a former Confederation of Iranian Students activist[3] and was the student representative in the National Front during 1960s.[4]
Electoral history
| Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Assembly of Experts | 179,798 | 7.11 | 14th | Lost[5] |
| 1980 | Parliament | 369,688 | 17.3 | 49th | Lost[5] |
References
- ^ a b c "Abdol-Karim Lahidji: President of FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights" (PDF). International Federation for Human Rights. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 231. ISBN 1850431981.
- ^ a b Nassehi-Behnam, Vida (January 31, 2012) [December 15, 2000]. "FRANCE xvii. Persian Community in France". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. X. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 182–187. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ "We shall never forget: Interview with Abdol-Karim Lahidji". The Iranian. Interviewed by Fariba Amini. 5 December 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 195, Table 6; pp. 203–205, Table 8, ISBN 9781850430773