Saeed Karimian (8 August 1972 – 29 April 2017) was an Iranian television executive, the founder, chairman, and owner of

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, which runs 17

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TV channels, plus one each in

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, and

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. Karimian, who was

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, had been tried in absentia by a court in

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, and sentenced to a prison term of six years for spreading propaganda against Iran.

Assassination of Saeed Karimian

Karimian was shot dead in

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, Turkey, on 29 April 2017, along with his Kuwaiti business partner. According to the exiled

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group

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, Karimian was assassinated by the Revolutionary Guard on the orders of

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, the country’s

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. In May 2017, Turkish media reported that two people accused for the assassination of Karimian were arrested in

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with fake passports on their way to Iran.

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1972 births 2017 deaths People murdered in Turkey Iranian people murdered abroad Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom Iranian expatriates in Turkey Iranian mass media owners Iranian media executives Volunteer Basij personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Businesspeople from Tehran {{Iran-bio-stub

Assassination of Saeed Karimian

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