Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani (Persian: علی‌اکبر سعیدی سیرجانی; 12 December 1931 – 28 November 1994) was an Iranian University professor, writer, poet, and journalist who died in prison under mysterious circumstances after having been arrested for openly criticizing the government.

He is widely believed to have been killed at the hands of the Islamic Republic intelligence ministry for criticizing of Iran's Supreme Leader.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, then told Sirjani through intermediaries to halt his writings and his protestations.

The international human rights campaign failed to secure Saidi-Sirjani's release, however, and he died in custody 8 months after his arrest, reportedly at one of the safe houses of the Intelligence Ministry in Shemiran neighborhood in northern Tehran.

[3]Iranian journalist Afshin Molavi speculated that Sirjani was killed for crossing "the red line" from "writer and thinker to rebel."