Saba Azarpeik () is an Iranian journalist associated with the Iranian reformist movement.

2014 arrest

On 28 May 2014, Iranian security forces arrested Azarpeik at the Tehran offices of ''Tejarat-e-Farda'', a pro-reform weekly where she had been working. She was reportedly being held in Ward 2-A of Evin Prison and had been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods." After 85 days in prison (

solitary confinement Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which the inmate lives in a single cell with little or no meaningful contact with other people. A prison may enforce stricter measures to control contraband on a solitary prisoner and use addit ...

), on 20 August, she was finally released on bail.

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Living people Iranian women journalists Iranian prisoners and detainees Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-journalist-stub