Document #1406781

BBC News (Author)

Gem TV: Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian shot dead in Istanbul

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39761451

ecoi.net description:
Founder of "Gem" TV-station, which dubs foreign TV shows in Persian for spectators in Iran, killed by gunmen in Istanbul; he had been given a 6-year prison sentence in absentia by a Tehran court on charges of "spreading propaganda against Iran" 
Countries:
Iran, Türkiye
Source:
BBC News (Author)
Original link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39761451
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
30 April 2017
Document ID:
1406781 (former ID 340527)

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