"In winter of 1991, Pirooz was again arrested for his activities and after spending six months in solitary confinement, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Following the election of president Mohammad Khatami he "established a cultural institute to publish and promote new interpretation of left's struggle for democracy in Iran", which "lead to creation of the Organisation of Unity for Democracy in Iran.

[3] Davani is thought to have been a victim of Iran's "chain murders" of Iranian dissidents, though his body has never been recovered and no records of imprisonment have ever been published.

[5] In December 1998, Amnesty International issued a public statement that they had received reports that Davani's mother had been contacted anonymously and told her son had been killed.

According to unconfirmed reports at the time, she suffered a fatal heart attack upon hearing the news.