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