TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian president's press adviser has been sentenced to a year in prison on charges of "publishing materials contrary to Islamic norms," the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Ali Akbar Javanfekr has also been banned from journalism activities for three years, IRNA said.
Javanfekr is just the latest of dozens of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political backers to be targeted by hard-line opponents. This appears to be part of an internal power struggle over influencing upcoming elections for parliament, slated for March, and for president in 2013.
Javanfekr wrote in an official publication that the practice of women wearing a head-to-toe …
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