Career
In 2007 Nahid Kalhori joined the Confederation of Iranian Students (Commonwealth of Independent States ) founded by Amir Abbas Fakhravar and Arzhang Davoodi. Commonwealth of Independent States is an organization that aims to institute freedom and democracy in Iran. With all her talent to organizing students inside and outside of Iran Nahid became Executive Director of Commonwealth of Independent States in 2011.
July 2013, Commonwealth of Independent States board of Directors elected Nahid Kalhori as the Secretary General of the Confederation of Iranian Students succeeds long standing Secretary General Amir Abbas Fakhravar.
On 31 May 2008, Nahid Kalhori, a 21-year-old graduate student of Biology at Qom"s Azad University in Iran, got arrested by Islamic Republic of Iran"s Intelligence Service. The charges, according to a family member, which were not handed to her on written, were participating in a student organization called Confederation of Iranian Students, acting against national security et cetera
June 2008, after her arrest, a campaign called Free Nahid was started by Farinaz Aryanfar supported by to ask Islamic Government in Iran release Nahid Kalhori immediately.