Jailed adviser of Iranian president given brief leave for medical treatment
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An Iranian newspaper says prison authorities have allowed the former press adviser of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to leave jail for medical treatment.
Thursday's report by the state-owned IRAN daily says Ali Akbar Javanfekr will return to Tehran's Evin Prison after a four-day leave to treat an undisclosed medical problem.
This is the first leave for Javanfekr since he was jailed in September. He has been serving in six-month sentence for "publishing material contrary to Islamic norms" and insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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The charges are believed linked to Ahmadinejad's political battles with Khamenei.
An Iranian court convicted Javanfekr in 2011 and banned him from journalism activities for three years.