Saeed Karimian

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(1972-08-08)8 August 1972
Tehran, Iran
Died29 April 2017(2017-04-29) (aged 44)
Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of deathAssassination
CitizenshipIranian
British
Occupation(s)founder and chairman of Gem Televisions Network

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]

References
  1. "‫اطلاعیه شماره یک شبکه جم‬‎". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "Iranian media group chief shot dead in Istanbul". The National.
  3. "Iranian TV executive shot dead in Istanbul, Turkish media reports | World news". The Guardian. Reuters. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. "Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul – BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. "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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