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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
Human Rights
Human Rights
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Hagia Sophia
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A monitor displays the words Commission on Unalienable Rights behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington,DC on July 15, 2020.
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Many days after the decision of Hagia Sophia to be opened for worship, the citizens who come to have souvenir photos are seen in Istanbul, Turkey on July 14, 2020.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, on June 9, 2020.
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The Hagia Sophia, which was rebuilt for the final time in AD 537 during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Until 1453, it served as the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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The Washington Monument as seen from inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.
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A Greek Orthodox church in Hama, Syria
Experts
Nikki R. Haley
Walter P. Stern Chair
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Adela Raz
Visiting Fellow
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
