Siavosh Derakhti (Persian: سیاوش درختی; born July 3, 1991) is a Swedish social activist, founder of Young People Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia.

[1] In recognition of his activism to reduce prejudice and xenophobia, the government of Sweden presented him in 2013 with the Raoul Wallenberg Award, an honor named after the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps during WWII.

[3] Derakhti was born in Sweden to Iranian Azerbaijani immigrant parents who had escaped Iran during its war with Iraq, in search of an easier, safer life in Scandinavia.

His team has also started a program for youth ambassadors, organized visits to concentration camps and sponsored training for young people involving exercises on cooperation and values.

[6] In addition to combating anti-Semitism, the organization intends to fight Islamophobia, Antiziganism sentiment and homophobia, though Derakhti prefers to remain focused and face one issue at a time.

But Islamic studies expert Eli Gondor observes that many of the immigrants from the Arab world have experienced years of anti-Israel as well as anti-Semitic propaganda in their home countries.