Iran blames Salman Rushdie on himself and his supporters for the knife attack on the world-famous author. Freedom of expression does not justify Rushdie’s insults to religion in his works, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said.
He only has information about Rushdie’s attacker that can be found in the media.
It would be 24-year-old Hadi M., who would have had contact with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on social media. However, there is no evidence that Iran was involved in organizing or carrying out the attack.
The 75-year-old author, meanwhile, is doing better. “Despite his serious and life-changing injuries, his usual fierce and defiant sense of humor remains intact,” his son Zafar Rushdie announced on Sunday. Rushdie is no longer on the ventilator. He could also speak a few words.
Video: Rushdie’s health has improved
Rushdie was attacked by a man Friday at an event in western New York’s Chautauqua, and has since been treated at a hospital in neighboring Pennsylvania. The British Indian writer has been persecuted by religious fanatics for decades, but police have not yet confirmed a motive for the attack.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Iran. “Iranian state entities in particular have incited violence against Rushdie for generations, and the state media has recently welcomed the attack on his life,” he said. This is “despicable”. The US and its partners faced such threats.
Earlier, British prime minister candidate Rishi Sunak had called for sanctions against Iran. Sunak told the Telegraph (Sunday) that the attack should be a “wake-up call to the West” and call for the classification of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
Source: Krone
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