Tehran, Iran, June 20
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
A court in Iran has sentenced journalist Aliakbar Javanfekr to 91 days in prison.
Javanfekr used to act as editor in chief of IRNA news agency when he was arrested in 2011.
The sentence was issued by Branch 1057 of the Court of Administrative Staff, ISNA news agency reported June 20.
Qahraman Shojaei, Javanfekr’s lawyer said in January that his client had been charged for rebellion against judiciary officials.
On 20 November 2011 Javanfekr, who also acted as press advisor to the then president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was sentenced to a year in jail and suspended from journalism for three years for "publishing materials contrary to Islamic norms", questioning the Islamic Republic's compulsory dress code for women.