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Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul
The founder and chairman of the Persian-language Gem TV company has been killed in Istanbul.
Saeed Karimian was shot dead in the Maslak neighbourhood, along with his Kuwaiti business partner.
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Mr Karimian had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for spreading propaganda against Iran.
Gem TV dubs foreign and Western shows into Persian and broadcasts them into Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39761451
Saeed Karimian was shot dead in the Maslak neighbourhood, along with his Kuwaiti business partner.
...
Mr Karimian had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for spreading propaganda against Iran.
Gem TV dubs foreign and Western shows into Persian and broadcasts them into Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39761451
