Nasser Minachi (1931–25 January 2014) was an Iranian activist and founder of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a modernist Islamic institution.

Minachi was one of the bazaar leaders during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and cofounded the Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a nontraditional Islamic organization in Tehran.

[4] He had a moderate oppositional approach and was serving as the director of committee for the defense of human rights.

[5] Just before the regime change in February 1979 Minachi was also spokesperson of the a group consisting of moderate Islamic nationalists led by Mahdi Bazargan.

[9] The occupiers of the US embassy in Tehran called for Minachi's arrest while he was serving as information minister.