: Salman Rushdie stabbing: Iran denies being involved in attack #IndiaNEWS Iran on Monday denied being involved in the attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York, the Associated Press reported.“We,

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Salman Rushdie stabbing: Iran denies being involved in attack #IndiaNEWS
Iran on Monday denied being involved in the attack on author Salman Rushdie in New York, the Associated Press reported.“We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the United States, do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,� Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. “Nobody has the right to accuse Iran in this regard.�Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at an event in New York’s Chautauqua Institution on Friday.According to Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, the author’s liver and nerves in an arm were damaged in the attack and he will likely lose an eye. Rushdie was taken off the ventilator on Saturday.Rushdie’s attacker was identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar of New Jersey and was arrested at the scene. He pleaded not guilty before a court in the Chautauqua County of New York’s Mayville and was remanded to custody without bail.Media reports said Matar was sympathetic toward the causes of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It is committed to protecting the country’s Islamic system from hostile foreign powers and internal threats.Rushdie has faced several death threats since his novel The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. In 1989, Iran’s...Read more

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