Saeed Karimian

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Saeed Karimian
Persian: سعید کریمیان
Born(1972-08-08)8 August 1972
Qaen, Iran
Died29 April 2017(2017-04-29) (aged 44)
Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of death Assassination
Citizenship Iranian
British
Occupation(s)founder and chairman of Gem Televisions Network

Saeed Karimian (8 August 1972 [1] – 29 April 2017) was an Iranian television executive, the founder, chairman, and owner of Dubai-based [2] GEM TV, which runs 17 Persian-language TV channels, plus one each in Kurdish, Azeri, and Arabic. [3] [4] Karimian, who was British national, [5] had been tried in absentia by a court in Tehran, and sentenced to a prison term of six years for spreading propaganda against Iran. [4]

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Assassination of Saeed Karimian

Karimian was shot dead in Istanbul, Turkey, on 29 April 2017, along with his Kuwaiti business partner. [3] [4] [5] According to the exiled Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance, Karimian was assassinated by the Revolutionary Guard on the orders of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s Supreme Leader. [6] In May 2017, Turkish media reported that two people accused for the assassination of Karimian were arrested in Serbia with fake passports on their way to Iran. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "‫اطلاعیه شماره یک شبکه جم‬‎". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Iranian media group chief shot dead in Istanbul". The National.
  3. 1 2 "Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media reports | World news". The Guardian. Reuters. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul – BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media report". The Guardian. 30 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick (30 April 2017). "Exiled Iranian TV Executive Is Assassinated in Istanbul". New York Times.
  7. ↑ "متهمان به قتل "سعید کریمیان"، مدیر شبکه تلویزیونی "جم" بازداشت شدند". ار.اف.ای - RFI (in Persian). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2021.


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