History: The first television broadcasting in Iran began on a small scale in 1958, and it was in 1966 that a nation-wideTV network started. Last year a Revolutionary Court in Tehran tried Karimian in absentia and sentenced him to six years in jail on charges of “acting against national security” and “propaganda against the state”. To list your TV in the directory, please send us an email. It also produces movies and TV series.īut in Iran, where the government tries to instil Islamic values by strictly regulating popular culture, the satellite broadcaster’s programming has angered authorities, who view it as part of a cultural “soft war” waged by the West. Iran: TV spy series ruffles feathers with. GEM TV is known for entertainment satellite channels that dub foreign films and Western television programmes into Farsi for Iranians. Iranian cinema started back in 1890s when the Persian king ordered a camera crew to film his visit in Europe. Istanbul police declined to comment on the shooting when contacted by Reuters.ĭogan quoted the mayor of Istanbul’s Sariyer district as saying initial police findings suggested the shooting may have prompted by a financial disagreement involving Karimian. The jeep was later found abandoned and burned. It was not clear if there were multiple shooters. His associate was taken to hospital but could not be revived.

Karimian was found dead by emergency services arriving at the scene, Dogan said.

(1700 GMT) on Saturday when their car was stopped by a jeep and shots were fired, Dogan said. GEM TV founder Saeed Karimian and another Iranian were driving in Istanbul’s Maslak neighbourhood after 8 p.m.

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