Vahid Sayadi Nasiri | |
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Born | 27 August 1980 Tehran, Iran |
Died | (aged 38) Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom, Iran |
Cause of death | Starvation |
Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation(s) | Human rights activist, Political activist, blogger,[1] real estate specialist |
Known for | Long-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]