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Sepehr Salimi, born March 9, 1981, in Masjed Soleyman, is an Iranian environmental activist, animal rights advocate, blogger, and freelance journalist. He is a well-known figure in promoting a culture of animal protection, criticizing animal cruelty, and linking environmental ethics with everyday life.
Sepehr Salimi is an Iranian activist in the fields of environment and animal rights. He has been active since the early 2000s in animal protection, environmental awareness, and independent journalism, and is recognized in both Persian and English sources as a blogger, environmental activist, and animal welfare advocate.
In his work, Salimi emphasizes the need to shift the anthropocentric view of nature and animals. Topics such as animal cruelty, the state of zoos, illegal wildlife trade, vegetarianism, animal protection law, public education, and civic responsibility toward the environment are central themes of his work.
Through interviews, articles, social media, and environmental media, he has strived to bring the issue of animal rights from the margins into mainstream public culture. The translation of the book "How I Taught My Grandmother to Read" by Sudha Murty is also listed among his published works.