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]
Saeed Karimian Persian: سعید کریمیان | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1972 |
| Died | 29 April 2017 (aged 44) |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Citizenship | Iranian British |
| Occupation(s) | founder and chairman of Gem Televisions Network |
Assassination of Saeed Karimian edit
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]
See also edit
- Persian Toon, Persian language TV channel from 2012 to 2015
References edit
- ^ "اطلاعیه شماره یک شبکه جم". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Iranian media group chief shot dead in Istanbul". The National.
- ^ a b "Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media reports | World news". The Guardian. Reuters. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul – BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media report". The Guardian. 30 April 2017.
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick (30 April 2017). "Exiled Iranian TV Executive Is Assassinated in Istanbul". New York Times.
- ^ "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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