Abdolkarim Lahidji (Persian: عبدالکریم لاهیجی) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist.
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] |
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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ 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
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