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Section: General News - Authorities charged Abdollah Ramezanzadeh with acting against Iran's national security.
An Iranian court has sentenced a former government spokesman to six years in jail for involvement in post-election protests against Iran's conservative government.
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, a prominent reformist, had been charged by the Revolutionary court with acting against Iran's national security. Iranian media did not say when his sentence was issued.
Ramezanzadeh was a government spokesman under Iran's reformist former President Mohammad Khatami, who served from 1997 to 2005.
The former spokesman was among scores of senior reformists …