Mahmoud Saremi

Who was Mahmoud Saremi?

Mahmoud Saremi 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 eight Iranian diplomats.

He was born in Chahar Bareh village near Borujerd in Lorestān Province

Saremi's day of death is named Reporter's Day in Iran. A boulevard in Tehran, in Ekbatan, is also named after Saremi