45-yr-old Iranian TV mogul, business partner shot dead in Turkey

Saeed Karimian, 45, the Iranian founder and chairman of the Persian-language Gem TV has been shot dead alongside his Kuwaiti business partner in the Maslak neighbourhood, of Istanbul, Turkey.

Reports say Karimian died immediately at the scene of the incident after the gunmen – who were reportedly masked – opened fire on the vehicle he was driving in on Saturday evening, while his business partner died later in hospital.

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Karimian relocated to Turkey and had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for spreading propaganda against Iran.

Police officials say the vehicle used in the apparent assassination was later found burnt out. Turkish police are investigating.

Gem TV, which dubs foreign and Western shows into Persian and broadcasts them into Iran, has been criticized by Iran for showing programmes which go against Islamic values and has been accused the channel of spreading Western culture.

 

 

 

 

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