Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced Iranian state institutions for inciting violence against the acclaimed author and then gloating about the attempt on his life.
| Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state, 33 years after Iran’s then-supreme leader called for him to be killed, has started “the road to recovery” from his severe injuries, his agent and a son said on Sunday .,” his agent, Andrew Wylie, wrote in an email to reporters. “It will be long; the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction.
“The United States and partners will not waver in our determination to stand up to these threats, using every appropriate tool at our disposal.” Following hours of surgery, Rushdie had been put on a ventilator and was unable to speak as of Friday evening, Mr Wylie had said in a prior health update, adding that he would likely lose an eye and had nerve damage in his arm and wounds to his liver.
Many other Iranians expressed their sympathies for Rushdie, however, posting on social media about their anger at the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers for issuing the 1989 fatwa that told Muslims to kill the author.Iranian organisations, some linked to the government, have raised a bounty worth millions of dollars for Rushdie’s murder. Khomeini’s successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said as recently as 2019 that the edict remained “irrevocable.
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