Arzhang Davoodi

Iranian activist

Arzhang Davoodi

Born|  (1953-10-10) October 10, 1953 (age 71)
Nationality| Iranian
Occupation| teacher

Founder of National Iranian Congress
Known for| democracy activism
Website| Arzhang Davoodi on Twitter

Arzhang Davoodi (Persian: ارژنگ داوودی; born October 10, 1953)[1] is an Iranian democracy activist, teacher, and author.[2]

## Early life

[edit]

Davoodi was arrested in October 2003 after criticizing human rights conditions in Iran in the documentary Forbidden Iran, particularly the death in custody of Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.[3] He was tried in 2005 by the Islamic Revolutionary Court for "spreading propaganda against the system" and "establishing and directing an organization opposed to the government". The court found him guilty and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment and 75 lashes; as of August 2012, the latter part of his sentence had not been implemented.[1] Amnesty International protested the sentence, designating Davoodi a prisoner of conscience.[1]

Davoodi served portions of his sentence in several different prisons, including Evin Prison.[1] In 2005, he joined fellow prisoners Bina Darab-Zand, Hojjat Zamani, Mehrdad Lohrasbi, Farzad Hamidi, and Jaafar Iqdami in a hunger strike to protest their confinement with violent offenders in Rajaii Shahr. Human Rights Watch called the six "political prisoners", "being held for no reason other than their expression of peaceful political views", and urged that they be released.[4]

In August 2012, a new charge of "enmity against God", which carries a possible death sentence, was brought against Davoodi. Amnesty International stated that the charge appeared to be linked to the release by CIS of a recording in which Davoodi called for "freedom and democracy".[1]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "Iran must immediately release prisoner of conscience Arzhang Davoodi". Amnesty International. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
2. ^ "Political prisoner Arjang Davoudi is at risk of losing sight in both eyes". 26 July 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
3. ^ "UA 87/04 Fear for safety/ Fear of torture or ill-treatment". Amnesty International. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
4. ^ "Iran: Political Prisoners Held with Violent Criminals". Human Rights Watch. 8 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

* v
* t
* e

Political prisoners in Iran

* Prison

Activists|

* Habib Afkari
* Raheleh Ahmadi
* Maryam Akbari Monfared
* Zahra Bahrami
* Emad Bahavar
* Esmail Bakhshi
* Mahmudali Chehregani
* Atena Daemi
* Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
* Amir Abbas Fakhravar
* Alireza Farshi
* Parvaneh Forouhar
* Ali-Asghar Gharavi
* Kouhyar Goudarzi
* Zeynab Jalalian
* Vida Hajebi Tabrizi
* Saeed Hajjarian
* Leila Hosseinzadeh
* Soheila Hejab
* Jafar Kazemi
* Amir Khorram
* Amir Khosrow Dalirsani
* Dhabihu'llah Mahrami
* Mohammad Maleki
* Azar Mansouri
* Farideh Mashini
* Mohsen Mirdamadi
* Ahmad Moftizadeh
* Narges Mohammadi
* Abdollah Momeni
* Youcef Nadarkhani
* Shiva Nazar Ahari
* Keyvan Rafiee
* Alireza Rajaei
* Arash Sadeghi
* Mahan Sadrat
* Fatemeh Sepehri
* Kavous Seyed-Emami
* Reza Shahabi
* Jamshid Sharmahd
* Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi
* Abbas Lisani
* Ali Shariati
* Majid Tavakoli
* Habibollah Peyman
* Sayed Ziaoddin Nabavi

Actors|

* Taraneh Alidoosti
* Hengameh Ghaziani
* Katayoun Riahi

Artists|

* Atena Farghadani
* Amir Emad Mirmirani

Athletes|

* Voria Ghafouri
* Ali Akbar Heidari
* Mohammad Karimi
* Hossein Mahini
* Amir Reza Nasr Azadani
* Navid Afkari

Bloggers|

* Soheil Arabi
* Sattar Beheshti

Doctors|

* Nasser Fahimi
* Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
* Mohammad Ali Taheri

Filmmakers|

* Keywan Karimi
* Jafar Panahi
* Mahnaz Mohammadi
* Mohammad Nourizad
* Hossein Rajabian
* Mohammad Rasoulof

Journalists|

* Bahman Ahmadi Amouee
* Mahsa Amrabadi
* Ahmad Batebi
* Masoud Bastani
* Abdolali Bazargan
* Mohammad Ghouchani
* Niloofar Hamedi
* Adnan Hassanpour
* Zahra Kazemi
* Masoud Lavasani
* Saeed Laylaz
* Elaheh Mohammadi
* Sam Mahmoudi
* Said Matinpour
* Kasra Nouri
* Siamak Pourzand
* Hossein Rafiee
* Taghi Rahmani
* Roxana Saberi
* Majid Saeedi
* Faraj Sarkohi
* Kianush Sanjari
* Mohsen Sazegara
* Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand
* Hengameh Shahidi
* Mashallah Shamsolvaezin
* Heshmat Tabarzadi
* Roya Toloui
* Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
* Ruhollah Zam
* Ahmad Zeidabadi

Lawyers|

* Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
* Saleh Kamrani
* Nasrin Sotoudeh
* Shadi Sadr
* Mohammad Seifzadeh
* Abdolfattah Soltani

Military|

* Amir Farshad Ebrahimi
* Saeed Emami
* Akbar Ganji
* Hamid Pourmand

Musicians|

* Dariush Eghbali
* Shervin Hajipour
* Mehdi Rajabian
* Toomaj Salehi
* Mehdi Yarrahi

Programmer|

* Amir Emad Mirmirani

Poets|

* Baktash Abtin
* MohammadReza Alee Payam
* Mona Borzouei
* Piruz Dilanchi
* Mehdi Akhavan-Sales
* Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
* Keramat Daneshian
* Arzhang Davoodi
* Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi
* Khosrow Golsorkhi
* Morteza Keyvan
* Ahmad Shamlou
* Sedigheh Vasmaghi

Politicians|

* Mohsen Aminzadeh
* Morteza Alviri
* Shahrbanoo Amani
* Abbas Amir-Entezam
* Mohsen Armin
* Mohammad Atrianfar
* Seyyed Ebrahim Amini
* Emadeddin Baghi
* Jila Baniyaghoob
* Mehdi Bazargan
* Nasrollah Entezam
* Iraj Eskandari
* Hossein Fatemi
* Dariush Forouhar
* Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
* Mehdi Hajati
* Bahareh Hedayat
* Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani
* Amir Hossein Heshmat Saran
* Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
* Anvar Khamei
* Mohammad-Reza Khatami
* Khalil Maleki
* Mir-Hossein Mousavi
* Ali-Akbar Mousavi Khoeini
* Farajollah Mizani
* Ahmad Moftizadeh
* Behzad Nabavi
* Abdollah Nouri
* Reza Radmanesh
* Abdollah Ramezanzadeh
* Gholam Hossein Sadighi
* Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh
* Ali Shakouri-Rad
* Ali Shariati
* Mahdi Tajik
* Mostafa Tajzadeh
* Mansour Osanlou
* Ebrahim Yazdi

Scientists|

* Taqi Arani
* Ramin Jahanbegloo
* Omid Kokabee
* Seyed Hossein Mousavian
* Ehsan Tabari
* Kian Tajbakhsh

Writers|

* Ali Mohammad Afghani
* Bozorg Alavi
* Najaf Daryabandari
* Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
* Mahmoud Etemadzadeh
* Ahmad Mahmoud
* Abbas Milani
* Shahrokh Meskoob
* Fariborz Raisdana
* Ahmad Samii Gilani
* Brayim Younisi
* Kourosh Zaim
* Nasser Zarafshan
* Sadegh Zibakalam

Category:Political prisoners in Iran

This biographical article about an Iranian activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template