Tehran, which once issued an edict to execute the author, claims it had no involvement in the attack and did not have any information that has not been reported in the media.
Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday said Salman Rushdie brought on the stabbing that left him with “life-changing” injuries by himself, according to multiple news reports, denying Tehran had any involvement in the attack on the author of The Satanic Verses, a book it considered so blasphemous it once issued a religious order to execute anyone involved in its publication.
Rushdie was attacked on Friday at an event where he was supposed to deliver a lecture. He was seriously injured and rushed to hospital and he remains in critical condition. The host, who was next to Rushdie, suffered minor injuries.
