Bio: Jasmin Ramsey

Jasmin Ramsey, Deputy Director

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Born in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war, Jasmin Ramsey is the deputy director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran. Drawing from her expertise in journalism, communications and Iranian contemporary politics, Jasmin creates and manages international advocacy campaigns, documents human rights violations, advocates for women’s and human rights through media interviews as well as public speaking engagements, and manages the center’s English-language content and social media channels.

Previously Jasmin worked as a Washington-based journalist and served as the deputy bureau chief of Inter Press Service, an international news wire service. At IPS she co-founded an award-winning U.S. foreign policy blog which became the first blog to receive the Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs from the American Academy of Diplomacy.

For media inquiries, contact us by email: media(at)iranhumanrights.org

TV Interviews and Commentary (Selected Archive)

Associated Press – Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leader

Agence France-Presse – Behind bars, women of Iran’s Evin prison refuse to give in

Radio France – Interview on CHRI’s “Cut the Oppression” Women’s Day Campaign

CNN – Iran pardons or commutes sentence of ‘large’ number of prisoners, state media reports

(VIDEO) NBC, Meet the Press – Protests Grow In Iran In Response To Death Of Woman In Morality Police Custody

(VIDEO) NBC, All in with Chris Hayes – Woman’s Death After Arrest By ‘Morality Police’ Ignites Protests In Iran

(VIDEO) MSNBC – Woman’s Death After Arrest By ‘Morality Police’ Ignites Protests In Iran

Crooked Media – Women-led protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini

Global Citizen – This Human Rights Advocate Wants You to Keep Telling Iranian Women Athletes’ Stories

Glamour Magazine – Women in Iran Are Leading a Wave of Powerful Anti-Government Protests