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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top press adviser has been jailed for six months for publishing material said to be insulting to Iran's top leader.
Ali Akbar Javanfekr, who is also the head of the state-run Irna news agency, is one of dozens of Mr Ahmadinejad's allies detained in the last year.
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