Abdolkarim Lahiji

Abdolkarim Lahidji (Persian: عبدالکریم لاهیجی) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist.

Abdolkarim Lahidji
Lahidji in 2012
Born	1940 (age 84–85)[1] Tehran, Iran
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

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]