Ali-Asghar Gharavi

Seyyed Ali-Asghar Gharavi (Persian: سید علی‌اصغر غروی‎) is an Iranian scholar of religion and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.

According to the American magazine In These Times, he is "one of Iran's most prominent pro-democracy activists and political thinkers".

In 1998, he was arrested and summoned to the Special Clerical Court for criticizing the regime, despite the fact he is not a cleric. In 2013, Bahar newspaper was banned for publishing an article written by Gharavi, titled “Imam Ali, a Political Leader or a Religious Model?”. He was accused of "blasphemy" for implicitly challenging Iran's Supreme Leader.