Mohsen Khazaei ( fa, محسن خزایی) was an Iranian correspondent.
Biography
Mohsen Khazaei was born in December 6, 1972 in
isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
. Khazaei in 1995 began his activities as a sound operator in TV and Radio. In 2004, he became director of the
Young Journalists' Club of Zahedan. When he gained success in the management of the Young Journalists' Club of Zahedan, he was introduced as the news director of
Gilan. He fathered three children.
Death in crossfire while reporting
In November 12, 2016, while he was embedded with Iranian-back militias
besieging Eastern
Aleppo
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for
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian rev ...
and
Fars News Agency
The Fars News Agency is a news agency in Iran managed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an armed wing loyal to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. While it describes itself as "Iran's leading independent news agency", it is widely descr ...
, Khazaei was struck by shrapnel from a rebel mortar blast.
As news of his death was broadcast, many people and officials expressed their sorrow in
Iran.
See also
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Mahmoud Saremi
Mahmoud Saremi (c. 1968 – 8 August 1998) was an Iranian reporter, working for IRNA, as the news agency's head of office in Mazari Sharif. He was killed by the Taliban when they occupied the Iranian consulate in Mazari Sharif, together with eigh ...
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Hassan Shemshadi
References
External links
VIDEO : Funeral Held for Iranian Reporter Martyred in SyriaVIDEO: Iranian TV Reporter Martyred by Terrorist Mortar Attack in Aleppo
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1972 births
2016 deaths
People murdered in Syria
Iranian people murdered abroad
Iranian terrorism victims
Iranian murder victims
Journalists killed while covering the Syrian civil war