Former Ahmadinejad advisor and three journalists sentenced to 91 days in prison
Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a close associate of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was sentenced to 91 days in prison.
During his presidency, Mr. Javanfekr is considered a member of Ahmadinejad's inner circle. However, in the last six years, he has faced several legal challenges.
In 2012, while he was managing the Iran newspaper, he was sentenced to six months in prison for publishing a special article about women, on charges of publishing material that violates Islamic principles, and another six months in prison for publishing material that violates public modesty.
Now, Javanfekr has told IRNA that his accusation was "disobedience to the orders of judicial and law enforcement officers in 2011," and after several years, a prosecutor has filed a complaint against him and his former colleagues with the Civil Service Court and filed a case.
He had previously been sentenced in two separate sentences to five years and one month in prison on charges of "gathering and colluding against national security," and to two years in prison along with a four million toman fine and a two-year ban on online activity on charges of "insulting and spreading falsehoods about the trial." Of course, these sentences are subject to appeal.
The "Spring Government" Telegram channel, attributed to supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also announced the issuance of 91-day prison sentences for "Saeed Yousefipour", "Hassan Ghasemi", and "Abdolreza Soltani", former journalists of the Iran newspaper.
Judicial actions against political figures close to the former Iranian president took place while in recent months, US intelligence agencies had predicted in a report an increasing conflict between political factions and politicians of different spectrums in Iran.
According to this prediction, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, will continue to oppose changes in the Islamic Republic's policies towards reform and moderation.
Previously, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in response to the prison sentences of his relatives, called them cruel and threatened that those who ordered, executed, and issued these sentences would soon be prosecuted. He has not yet reacted to the new sentence of "Javanfekr."
Voice of America
