Tehran:Media adviser of Irani’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested,news agencies reported on Monday.
However, the reports lack reasons that led to arrest of Ali Akbar Javanfekr.
“A few minutes ago Ali Akbar Javanfekr was arrested after holding a news conference with local media,” Semi-official Mehr news agency said.
Iranian media reported on Sunday that Javanfekr was sentenced to a year in jail and banned from journalism over a publication which was deemed to have offended public decency.
Javanfekr was also the head of Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
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