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Mahmoud Saremi (c. 1968 – 8 August 1998) was an Iranian reporter, working for
IRNA The Islamic Republic News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, ''Xebergâzari-ye Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye''), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency ...
, as the news agency's head of office in
Mazari Sharif , official_name = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , pushpin_map = Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_label = Mazar-i-Sharif , pushpin ...
. He was killed by the
Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pas ...
when they occupied the Iranian consulate in Mazari Sharif, together with eight Iranian diplomats (see 1998 Iranian diplomats assassination in Afghanistan). He was born in Chahar Bareh village near
Borujerd Borujerd ( fa, بروجرد ''Borūjerd'') is a city and the capital of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province in western Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 234,997 persons. Among the existing modern cities in Iran, Borujerd is one of the ...
in Lorestān Province. Saremi's date of death (17 Mordad in the
Iranian calendar The Iranian calendars or Iranian chronology ( fa, گاه‌شماری ایرانی, ) are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, ...
) is named Reporter's Day in Iran. A boulevard in
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
, in Ekbatan, is also named after Saremi.http://www.jomhourieslami.com/1384/13840515/13840515_


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Hassan Shemshadi Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People * Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name * Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scott ...
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Mohsen Khazaei Mohsen Khazaei ( fa, محسن خزایی) was an Iranian correspondent. Biography Mohsen Khazaei was born in December 6, 1972 in isfahan. Khazaei in 1995 began his activities as a sound operator in TV and Radio. In 2004, he became director of the ...


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Assassinated Iranian journalists 1960s births 1998 deaths Date of birth missing Terrorism deaths in Afghanistan Iranian people murdered abroad People murdered in Afghanistan People from Borujerd 20th-century journalists {{Iran-journalist-stub