Bahareh Hedayat (Persian: بهاره هدایت, born 1981) is an Iranian activist[1] and campaigner for women's rights.
During her time in prison, Hedayat translated Dave Eggers book The Circle and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas from English to Persian all by hand and with the help of a dictionary.
[10][11][12][13] Hedayat was arrested for her participation in a peaceful gathering to condemn the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in January 2020 and has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.
After eight days of detention, in a phone call, she informed her family that she was in ward 209 of Evin prison and did not know the reason for her arrest, nor the charges against her.
[19] In 2012 Hedayat was awarded the Edelstam Prize for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one's beliefs in defense of Human Rights.