Abdolreza Ghanbari (born c. 1968) is an Iranian university lecturer convicted of Moharebeh (waging war against God) currently awaiting execution in Iran.
He was arrested at his home in Pakdasht (southwest of the capital of Tehran) on January 4, 2010, in the wake of Ashura (December 27, 2009) protest against the election of President Ahmadinejad.
He was sentenced to death by Judge Salavati in branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court on the charge of “Moharebeh through ties with hostile groups [against] the regime”.
Complicating his situation is the fact that his lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was herself condemned to a six-year sentence in Evin prison for "propaganda against the regime" and "acting against national security".
[3] Abdolreza Ghanbari's wife and mother of two, Sakineh Habibi, is fighting his conviction and sentence and is quoted as saying: The fate of my husband is not important to anybody, because he is not a member of any political party or organization.