TEHRAN, Iran: An Iranian authorities official denied on Monday that Tehran was concerned within the assault on creator Salman Rushdie, in remarks that have been the nation’s first public feedback on the assault.
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Overseas Ministry, made the remarks in a briefing to journalists.
“We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,” Kanaani stated. “Nobody has right to accuse Iran in this regard.”
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed Friday whereas attending an occasion in western New York. He suffered a broken liver and severed nerves in an arm and a watch, his agent stated. He was more likely to lose the injured eye.
His assailant, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, has pleaded not responsible to fees stemming from the assault by means of his lawyer.
The award-winning creator for greater than 30 years has confronted loss of life threats for “The Satanic Verses.” Iran’s late Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding his loss of life. An Iranian basis had put up a bounty of over $3 million for the creator.
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Overseas Ministry, made the remarks in a briefing to journalists.
“We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,” Kanaani stated. “Nobody has right to accuse Iran in this regard.”
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed Friday whereas attending an occasion in western New York. He suffered a broken liver and severed nerves in an arm and a watch, his agent stated. He was more likely to lose the injured eye.
His assailant, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, has pleaded not responsible to fees stemming from the assault by means of his lawyer.
The award-winning creator for greater than 30 years has confronted loss of life threats for “The Satanic Verses.” Iran’s late Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding his loss of life. An Iranian basis had put up a bounty of over $3 million for the creator.
