Top Iranian arrested over marriage

A senior aide to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has been arrested following a complaint filed by a woman trying to force him to acknowledge their alleged marriage.

Ataollah Mohajerani, a former culture minister and a popular top reformer, was summoned to a Tehran court and arrested yesterday.

The woman, Mahsa Yousefi Deldar. Said she will publish wedding photos if Mohajerani insists on denying that she is his wife.

Jamileh Kadivar, a former MP and Mohajerani’s wife, did not comment.

Under Iran’s Islamic laws, a man can have up to four wives at any one time.