Dubai: Salman Rushdie and his supporters are exclusively to blame for the attack on him that occurred on Friday, according to the foreign ministry in Tehran, which stated on Monday that no one has the right to criticise Iran for the incident.
The novelist is recovering after being brutally stabbed at a public event in New York state. The author has been living in fear for decades ever since he angered Iranian clerical authorities with his literature.
Nasser Kanaani, a ministry spokesperson, stated that Rushdie’s insults of religion were not justified by freedom of speech in Iran’s initial official response to the attack on Friday. Muslims consider parts of his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” to be blasphemous.
Kanaani stated at a news briefing that “during the onslaught on Salman Rushdie, we do not consider anyone except himself and his supporters deserving of shame, reproach, and condemnation.” “Nobody has the right to hold Iran accountable in this way.Politicians and writers from all across the world have denounced the attack.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Sunday that state-affiliated media in Iran had gloated about the assault on Rushdie’s life and that state institutions had long incited violence against him.
Since “The Satanic Verses” was released in 1988, the author of Indian descent has had a reward placed on his head. Rushdie’s execution was demanded the next year by Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
