# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vahid-asghari
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:34:35.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vahid-asghari"
name: "Vahid Asghari"
slug: "vahid-asghari"
description: "Vahid Asghari is an Iranian political prisoner, advocate for freedom of expression and a women’s rights activist. \nHe was detained by a group of Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) commandos on May 8 2008 on his way to the Imam Khomeini International Airport because of his human rights activities and held in solitary confinement for two years without trial.\nHe was sentenced to death twice, in 2011 and 2012, by the chairman of the 15th Chamber of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Judge Abolqassem Salavati, without participating in the court proceedings and without the freedom to choose his own lawyer. International human rights organizations are following Asghari’s case as he remains in custody."
tagline: "Iranian technology student"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vahid_Asghari.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1986-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             4.938107379078446
  historical:           5.479806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "ওয়াহিদ আসগরি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "وحيد أصغري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "وحید اصغری (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "وحید اصغری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahid_Asghari"
    title: "Vahid Asghari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahid_Asghari"
    title: "Vahid Asghari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7908627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump