Something's Brewing in Iran

I think this is a big deal.  It hasn't gotten much international play, but it's big inside Iran.  The guy that produces all of  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's propoganda is rotting inside a cell for being critical of the Ayatollah.  Ahmadinejad (aka: Leisure Suit Larry, aka: Ima Nutjob) wanted to go visit, but was denied.

When a president's chief media guru is locked behind bars - and the president is barred from visiting him - something must be afoot. Ali Akbar Javanfekr is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top media strategist and the head of the IRNA, a news agency loyal to him. He was jailed recently after criticising the policies of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Last week, Ahmadinejad tried to visit Javanfekr in prison but was stopped in his tracks by the courts. It may not have got much coverage outside Iran - but it was big news there because his imprisonment and the legal case against him speaks volumes about the power struggle taking place behind the scenes in Iranian politics.
 

You have to ask yourself two questions: 

1.  Why would President Ahmadinejad want to visit a jailed blasphemer?

2.  Why would the Iranian Courts (controlled by the Ayatollah) prevent that?