Iran President�s special aid for religious minorities Ali Younesi[/caption]An Iranian court has set bail for�a senior presidential adviser while investigations continue regarding his controversial remarks on Iran�s foreign policy. ��
Iran�s Special Clerical Court (SCC) announced Wednesday that Ali Younesi, President Hassan Rouhani�s adviser on ethnic and religious minority affairs, was�summoned to the court a day earlier on charges of a �campaign�against national security and propagation of lies.�
�A proper bail was set for�him after he was indicted,� the prosecutor general for the SCC's Tehran�branch,�Mohammad Movahhedi, told Iran�s judiciary news service, Mizan.
Younesi sparked controversy last week�after�remarks about Iran�s sphere�of influence in the Middle East. In an address to a forum in Tehran on Sunday, Younesi said, �At the moment, Iraq is not only the bastion of our civilization influence, but�also our identity, culture and our center and capital and this is true now as it has been�in the past.�
The comments led to huge controversy inside and outside of Iran, with nearly a third of the Iran's�290-seat parliament calling on Rouhani to dismiss him. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry also issued a statement, condemning the remarks as �irresponsible.�
The prosecutor said Younesi, who later tried to clarify what he really meant by his words, was summoned to the court based on a complaint by �security officials and the Judiciary.�
A former Iranian minister of intelligence from 2000 to 2005, Younesi has also served in top positions in the Iranian judicial system.
By Press TV
