Reports of IRNA CEO`s arrest rejected
Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency has dismissed media reports suggesting that its CEO Ali-Akbar Javanfekr had been taken into custody, press.tv reported.
Javanfekr is currently in his office at the Iran newspaper building and all media reports about his detention are rejected, IRNA reported on Monday.
Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei confirmed to ISNA that Javanfekr had not been arrested and media reports about his detention were untrue.
The CEO of IRNA is appointed by the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and upon receiving approval from the president.
Javanfekr is President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media adviser.
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