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Ahmadinejad losing standing

A sign of the times in Iran. A top aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was temporarily freed from prison this week. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad's pres...

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December 21, 2012 10:27 am

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A sign of the times in Iran. A top aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was temporarily freed from prison this week. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad’s press adviser and head of the state news agency IRNA, was sent to Tehran’s Evin prison in September to serve a six-month term for publishing an article deemed offensive to public decency. Javanfekr’s arrest was regarded as an indication of Ahmadinejad’s dwindling clout.