Vahid Sayadi Nasiri
{{Short description|Iranian human rights activist and political prisoner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vahid Sayadi Nasiri
| image = Vahid Sayadi Nasiri's portrait.jpg
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| caption = Vahid Sayadi Nasiri's portrait
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 27 August 1980
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|df=yes|2018|12|12|38}}
| death_place = Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom, Iran
| death_cause = Starvation
| nationality = Iranian
| other_names =
| occupation = Human rights activist, Political activist, blogger,{{cite news |title=France wants Iranian government to describe more about an activist's death |url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-46600505 |website=BBC Persian |access-date=18 December 2018 |language=fa}} real estate specialist
| years_active =
| known_for = Long-time hunger striker
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| spouse =
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Vahid Sayadi Nasiri ({{langx|fa|وحید صیادی نصیری}}; 27 August 1980 – 12 December 2018) was an Iranian human rights activist and political prisoner who died on hunger strike.{{cite magazine |last1=Steer |first1=George |title=Imprisoned Iranian Activist Dies After 60-Day Hunger Strike |url=https://time.com/5478685/iran-hunger-strike-death/ |magazine=Time |access-date=15 December 2018 |date=13 December 2018}} Sayadi Nasiri was also a constitutional monarchist{{cite web |title=Death of another political prisoner in Iran |url=https://www.voisfarsi.com/news/iran/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/ |website=Voice of Israel |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=fa}} whose social media-based anti-Islamic republic point of view caused him to be put in jail.[https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/12/288082.htm Death of Iranian Political Prisoner and Human Rights Activist Vahid Sayadi-Nassiri], U.S. Department of State{{cite web |title=Vahid Sayadi Nasiri: Jailed Iran activist dies on hunger strike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46547845 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 December 2018 |date=13 December 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Stabile |first1=Giordano |title=Iran, attivista politico muore per lo sciopero della fame in carcere |url=https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/13/esteri/iran-prigioniero-politico-muore-dopo-mesi-di-sciopero-fame-h2lv496jrv8r4mwvzQUfGJ/pagina.html |website=La Stampa |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=it |date=12 December 2018}}
Life
In 2018 he was moved from Evin prison to Qom's central prison which he was critical of its maintenance and health-care conditions.{{cite web |title=Death of iranian dissident hunger striker draws rights activists outragel |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/death-of-iranian-dissident-hunger-striker-draws-rights-activists-outrage/4700461.html |website=VOA News |access-date=15 December 2018 |date=14 December 2018}}
Vahid Sayadi Nasiri started a hunger-strike in prison to protest his allegedly illegal and uncomfortable situation in prison. Finally, on 5 December 2018, Nasiri was moved from prison to the Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Qom and seven days later died.
Imprisonment and hunger strike
Vahid Sayadi Nasiri was initially arrested in September 2015 and sentenced to eight years in prison. Nasiri had been accused on charges of insulting the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic government of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and enforcement against the state. The charges stemmed from posts he had made on his Facebook page. He had already spent two and a half years in prison and allegedly had been the subject of abuse and harassment. He was again detained in July 2018 for the second time after being freed for months. He had not eaten for 60 days to protest against the lack of legal protection and the prison regime of Iran.{{cite web |title=Jailed Iranian Political Activist Dies After Hunger Strike, Family Told |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/jailed-iranian-political-activist-dies-after-hunger-strike-family-told/29653783.html |website=RadioFreeEurope |access-date=15 December 2018 |date=13 December 2018}}
International Feedback
On 20 December 2018 Human Rights Watch urged the regime in Iran to investigate and find an explanation for the death of Vahid Sayadi Nasiri who had been jailed for insulting the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. According to his family Nasiri had been on hunger strike but he was denied medical attention before he died.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/13/iran-investigate-suspicious-deaths-detention-release-activists|title=Iran: Investigate Suspicious Deaths in Detention, Release Activists|date=13 February 2018|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|access-date=21 June 2019}}
See also
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Category:People who died on hunger strike
Category:Iranian people who died in prison custody
Category:Prisoners who died in Iranian detention