Iran's judiciary denies arrest of president's media advisor
Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam- Hossein Mohseni-Ejei denied the arrest of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media adviser Ali-Akbar Javanfekr on Monday, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
Mohseni-Ejei told ISNA that "the arrest of Javanfekr is not true."
Earlier reports by local media, including ISNA, said that Javanfekr was arrested on Monday for disrespecting Islamic principles.
A Tehran court sentenced on Sunday Javanfekr to a one year jail
term and banned him from engaging in media activities for three years.
Javanfekr, who is also the caretaker manager of local Iran Daily and chief of official IRNA news agency, was convicted of publishing an article and pictures in Iran Daily's Aug. 13 special edition, which allegedly insulted the Islamic women's dress code.
On Sunday, the Iranian public prosecutor's office ordered the ban of the reformist Etemad newspaper for two months, for publishing a story based on an interview with Javanfekr and for " disseminating lies and insulting officials."
During the interview, Javanfekr criticized the conservatives who accused some of Ahmadinejad's aides of undermining the Islamic establishment and principles.
English.news.cn 2011-11-21 21:32:28 FeedbackPrintRSS
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua)
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