Asghar Abbasi (, born 1 December 1980 in Yazd, Iran) is an Iranian short film director, writer and producer. He is the winner of the golden lantern statue for the best director for the film A Dream That Is Not White from Ammar International Popular Film Festival.
Abbasi graduated from the Iranian Youth Cinema Society and graduated with a master's degree in cinema directing from Nowshahr University of Art and Architecture.