Saeed Karimian
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Causeof deathAssassination
Saeed Karimian Persian: سعید کریمیان | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1972 |
| Died | 29 April 2017 (aged 44) |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Citizenship | Iranian British |
| Occupations | founder and chairman of Gem Televisions Network |
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]
