TEHRAN -- A Tehran court has summoned the head of a printing institute for publishing a book written by journalist Akbar Ganji who is currently in jail on a variety of convictions.

Hossein Paya, the head of the *****Tarh-e No***** printing house, was summoned for publishing the book `Jail-Like Archipelago'. the court also ordered all the copies of the book to be seized.

Ganji, 45, is serving a six-year jail sentence since about 25 months ago "for threatening national security" mainly through articles, published in several newspapers, before they were shut down.