Following the publication of the article “A man’s manner is more important than how he governs,” by Alireza Aghaeirad, the editor of political section of the Maghreb (“the West”) newspaper at the time, he, alongside Mohammad Mehdi Emami-Naseri, the newspaper's managing director, were arrested on March 6, 2013, at the newspaper's office.

The Tehran prosecutor released the two journalists a day after their arrest.

After the detention of the journalists, the Editor-in-Chief of the paper, Amir-Moosa Kazemi, said: “On the afternoon of March 6, representatives from the prosecutor’s office stopped by our office and arrested Mr Emami-Naseri and Mr Aghaeirad.” He explained about the “A man’s manner is more important than how he governs” article, which was published in the tenth issue of the paper, saying: “The article is not about any specific political party and is merely based on philosophical points of view about a utopia.”

Still, Aghaeirad was accused of "insulting the Supreme Leader and officials of the regime" because of the article.

Emami-Naseri mentioned the 24-hour detainment in an interview: “The detainment was because of some misunderstandings about an article printed in the 10th issue.” But the case was open until 2021.

The Maghreb newspaper was banned on March 7, 2013, four days after the article was published. Aghaeirad withdrew from journalism after a time and began writing books. He wrote the books "Margzar" published by Nashr-e Ghatreh and "All the Clocks of the World Are Sleeping" published by Nashr-e Roozegar.

Aghaeirad’s trial was held on March 14, 2021, in Branch 9 of the Criminal Court of a Tehran Criminal Court Complex 1, and he was acquitted of "insulting regime officials" because of a "lack of evidence."