Iranian basis rewards man who attacked Salman Rushdie

An Iranian basis has lauded the person who attacked celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie and introduced that he can be rewarded with 1,000 sq. meters of agricultural land.

An #Iranian basis has praised the person who attacked #SalmanRushdie. The basis stated that it’ll reward the attacker with 1,000 metres of agricultural land for his ‘brave action’. The 75-year-old #writer misplaced an eye fixed and using one hand following the #assault. pic.twitter.com/S10qlibIzC

— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) February 21, 2023

“We sincerely thank the brave action of the young American who made Muslims happy by blinding one of Rushdie’s eyes and disabling one of his hands,” stated Mohammad Esmail Zarei, secretary of the Foundation to implement Imam Khomeini’s Fatwas.

“Rushdie is now no more than a living dead person and to honor this brave action, about 1,000 square meters of agricultural land will be donated to the person or any of his legal representatives,” Zarei added. 

Salman Rushdie was stabbed within the neck and stomach by an attacker recognized as 25-year-old Hadi Matar in New York in August 2022. Rushdie misplaced an eye fixed and using one hand following the assault.

Iran blamed Salman Rushdie and his supporters for the assault on the writer’s life

Soon after the studies of the assault got here out, the fingers had been pointed towards the fatwa that was issued in Tehran three many years in the past calling for Rushdie’s assassination. Iran, attempting to disclaim any hyperlink between the assault and the fatwa, washed its fingers off the assault and as an alternative blamed Rushdie and his supporters for the assault.

Notably, Iranian media had extensively gloated after the assault and known as it ‘divine retribution’. Reacting to the media studies that Rushdie might lose one eye following the assault, Iran’s state broadcaster Jaam-e Jam stated, “An eye of Satan has been blinded.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had termed Iran’s media’s habits ‘despicable’.

On August 15 (native time), Nasser Kanaani Tehran, overseas ministry spokesperson of Iran, categorically denied any hyperlinks between the attacker and the Islamic nation.

He stated, “No one has the right to accuse the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Notably, he stated Freedom of Speech doesn’t give the appropriate to Rushdie to insult Islam in his writings.

Blaming Salman Rushdie for the assault, Nasser had stated, “In this attack, we do not consider anyone other than Salman Rushdie and his supporters worthy of blame and even condemnation,” throughout his weekly press convention. He added, “By insulting the sacred matters of Islam and crossing the red lines of more than 1.5 billion Muslims and all followers of the divine religions, Salman Rushdie has exposed himself to the anger and rage of the people.”

It is noteworthy that when Satanic Verses was revealed, the then-Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa towards Salman Rushdie, calling for his assassination, and positioned a bounty of $3 million on his head. The fatwa continues to be energetic although the Iranian authorities has distanced itself from the decree. Later in 2012, a quasi-official Iranian spiritual basis added $500,000 to the bounty.