Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, a famous economy journalist of various reformist newspapers is in hunger strike nowadays in notorious Evin Prison of Tehran .Bahman, alongside his wife, Jila Baniyaghoub, a journalist and women rights activist was arrested after the disputed Presidential election in 2009.He was held for several weeks in solitary confinement in section 209 of Evin Prison without any official charges. Later, He was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months of imprisonment and 34 lashes in the revolutionary court.

In 2006, he was also arrested for participating in the peaceful demonstration of Iranian Women rights activist in "Haft-e-Tir" Square in Tehran and he was released after spending several days in Evin Prison on bail.

Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, alongside 16 other political prisoners is in hunger strike in Evin prison, protesting against the terrible condition of section 350 of Evin prison and the harsh behavior of prison guards.Authorities do not let his family to visit him or have any contact with him and according to the sources from inside the prison, his physical health is in serious danger.