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Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

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Iranians react with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie. Hardline Iranian newspapers pour praise on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie. No official reaction yet in Iran to the attack on Rushdie, who was stabbed in the neck and torso on Friday while onstage at a lecture in New York state. Leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, in 1989 that called on Muslims around the world to kill the Indian-born author.

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Times of India

Iran conservative media hail Salman Rushdie attacker

Middle East News: TEHRAN: Iranian ultra-conservative newspaper Kayhan on Saturday hailed the assailant who attacked British author Salman Rushdie -- the target of a 198.

2 years ago·India

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News18 India

Salman Rushdie on Ventilator After New York Stabbing; Iran Media Praises Attacker

Several hardline Iranian newspapers hailed the attack on Salman Rushdie and poured praises for the attacker identified as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey

2 years ago·India

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The Hindu

Iran conservative media hail Salman Rushdie attacker

Salman Rushdie still on ventilator, may lose an eye

2 years ago·India

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The Independent

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie — the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989. There was no official reaction yet in Iran to the attack on Rushdie, who was stabbed in the neck and torso on Friday while onstage at a lecture in New York state. However,

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

Iran's Hardline Newspapers Praise Salman Rushdie's Attacker

Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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