Speaker: Mani Mostafi

Mani Mostofi is an independent lawyer and human rights advocate who graduated Fordham Law in 2009. Till recently, he was the director of Impact Iran, a human rights coalition focused on advocacy within the United Nations.

Before Impact Iran, Mostofi served as Communications Director and Senior Researcher at Human Rights in Iran Unit where he advised and assisted the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran on communications strategies and documentation. Mostofi has also been a researcher at Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran, and co-supervisor of a project at Fordham’s Walter Leitner Human Rights Clinic.

In addition to his JD, Mostofi has a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas.