As Salman Rushdie appears to be slowly recuperating after last week’s stabbing in New York, Iran has its own update, and it’s a denial of any culpability. “Regarding.
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As Salman Rushdie appears to be slowly recuperating after last week’s stabbing in New York, Iran has its own update, and it’s a denial of any culpability. “Regarding the attack on Salman Rushdie, we do not consider anyone other than [Rushdie] and his supporters [worthy] of blame and even condemnation,” Nasser Kanaani, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said at a Monday presser, per CNN. He added that the only information emerging about the UK author’s alleged attacker—24-year-old Hadi Matar of New Jersey—has come from American media.
