Ahmadinejad advisor released shortly after detention

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the presidential media adviser and the caretaker manger of the daily Iran, who had been arrested on Monday for disrespecting Islamic and moral principles, was released on the same day after consultations between administration officials and the Judiciary. Reportedly, the execution of Javanfekr’s arrest warrant has temporarily been put on hold. On Sunday, Khabar Online had reported that a Tehran court has sentenced Javanfekr to one year in prison and banned him from engaging in media activities for three years for publishing articles and pictures in the August 13 special edition of the newspaper Iran deemed to be in violation of Islamic and moral principles Javanfekr is also the manager of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).