Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar bounty for the killing of Salman Rushdie Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar bounty for the killing of Salman Rushdie The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that … Read more
The US is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organisation that raised money to target British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar bounty for the killing of Rushdie. He wrote “The Satanic Verses,” … Read more
The August attack has left the writer with no sight in one eye and an incapacitated hand, his literary agent revealed Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand due to “a brutal attack” on him in August, the writer’s literary agent Andrew Wylie revealed in an interview with … Read more
Salman Rushdie’s alleged assailant has claimed he has only ever read two pages of the author’s novel The Satanic Verses. Hadi Matar has been charged with second degree murder and assault, after the incident a week ago, when the Booker prize-winning author was stabbed on stage at a conference where he was about to talk … Read more
Hadi Matar, the man who attacked author Salman Rushdie, has been indicted by a juryA grand jury has indicted the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie as the author prepared to give a talk in western New York Hadi Matar, the man who attacked author Salman Rushdie, has been indicted by a juryA grand jury has … Read more
The attacker, Hadi Matar, did not respond on whether he was inspired by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini The attacker, Hadi Matar, did not respond on whether he was inspired by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini The 24-year-old man charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has denied being in contact with … Read more
The move was part of a landmark agreement with the United Kingdom. Iran issued a public guarantee not to push for Rushdie’s murder in exchange for an upgrade in diplomatic relations between London and Tehran. But there was a catch. The murderous 1989 decree over Rushdie’s satirical novel The Satanic Verses could not be officially … Read more
India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador India and China are seeing a “positive impetus” to ties, given two meetings between the Foreign Ministers in the past few months and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attendance at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in June, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on … Read more
“He was arraigned on these charges last night and remanded without bail,” the statement added. “He was arraigned on these charges last night and remanded without bail,” the statement added. A 24-year old New Jersey man charged with attempted murder and assault for attacking author Salman Rushdie has pleaded not guilty. Hadi Matar of Fairview, … Read more
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has received a public threat from an Iran-backing extremist, following her denunciation of yesterday’s attack on fellow British author Salman Rushdie. Rowling – who has previously been targeted by some trans activists for her beliefs on gender – had published a post expressing her horror at the attempt on Rushdie’s … Read more