Vahid Sayadi Nasiri

Vahid Sayadi Nasiri
Vahid Sayadi Nasiri's portrait
Born27 August 1980
Tehran, Iran
Died (aged 38)
Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom, Iran
Cause of deathStarvation
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Human rights activist, Political activist, blogger,[1] real estate specialist
Known forLong-time hunger striker

Vahid Sayadi Nasiri (Persian: وحید صیادی نصیری; 27 August 1980 – 12 December 2018) was an Iranian human rights activist[2] and political prisoner who died on hunger strike.[3] Sayadi Nasiri was also a constitutional monarchist[4] whose social media-based anti-Islamic republic point of view caused him to be put in jail.[2][5][6]

  1. ^ "France wants Iranian government to describe more about an activist's death". BBC Persian (in Persian). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Death of Iranian Political Prisoner and Human Rights Activist Vahid Sayadi-Nassiri, U.S. Department of State
  3. ^ Steer, George (13 December 2018). "Imprisoned Iranian Activist Dies After 60-Day Hunger Strike". Time. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Death of another political prisoner in Iran". Voice of Israel (in Persian). Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Vahid Sayadi Nasiri: Jailed Iran activist dies on hunger strike". BBC News. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. ^ Stabile, Giordano (12 December 2018). "Iran, attivista politico muore per lo sciopero della fame in carcere". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 15 December 2018.