Seyyed Ali-Asghar Gharavi (Persian: سید علیاصغر غروی) is an Iranian scholar of religion and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.
[2] According to the American magazine In These Times, he is "one of Iran's most prominent pro-democracy activists and political thinkers".
[2] In 2013, Bahar newspaper was banned for publishing an article written by Gharavi, titled “Imam Ali, a Political Leader or a Religious Model?”.
[4][5] He was accused of "blasphemy" for implicitly challenging Iran's Supreme Leader.
[6] This article about an Iranian politician is a stub.