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Mahmoud Saremi (c. 1968 – 8 August 1998) was an Iranian reporter, working for
IRNA The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA; , ''Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi'' or ), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded in November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is State media, g ...
, as the news agency's head of office in
Mazari Sharif Mazar-i-Sharīf ( ; Dari and ), also known as Mazar-e Sharīf or simply Mazar, is the fifth-largest city in Afghanistan by population, with the estimates varying from 500,000-680,000. It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by highways ...
. He was killed by the
Taliban , leader1_title = Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, Supreme leaders , leader1_name = {{indented plainlist, * Mullah Omar{{Natural Causes{{nbsp(1994–2013) * Akhtar Mansour{{Assassinated (2015–2016) * Hibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present) ...
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 (; ) is a city in the Central District (Borujerd County), Central District of Borujerd County, Lorestan province, Lorestan province in western Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Borujerd is also known as ( ...
in
Lorestān Province Lorestan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2. In 2014 it was placed in Region ...
. Saremi's date of death (17 Mordad in the
Iranian calendar The Iranian calendars or Iranian chronologies (, ) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modi ...
) is named Reporter's Day in Iran. A boulevard in
Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
, in Ekbatan, is also named after Saremi.http://www.jomhourieslami.com/1384/13840515/13840515_


See also

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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 Scotti ...
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Mohsen Khazaei Mohsen Khazaei () was an Iranian correspondent. Biography Mohsen Khazaei was born in December 6, 1972 in Isfahan. In 1995 he began his activities as a sound operator in TV and Radio. In 2004, he became the director of the Young Journalists' Clu ...


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Assassinated Iranian journalists 20th-century 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 {{Iran-journalist-stub