Arash Sadeghi

Arash Sadeghi (Persian: آرش صادقی, born September 29, 1986) is an Iranian activist and a political prisoner known best for his hunger strike as an act of protest against the detention of his wife without any judiciary proof or legal warrant. Sadeghi was a university student in Allameh Tabatabaei University in Tehran where he was expelled by the authorities due to his political activities.

Sadeghi ended his hunger strike after 71 days after his wife was granted temporary release from prison. He was released from prison on May 1, 2021. Sadeghi was arrested again on October 12, 2022 during the Mahsa Amini protests.