Iran claims it was not involved in stabbing of Salman Rushdie - 1010 WCSI

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Iran has offered more than $3 million for anyone who kills Rushdie.
37% : An Iranian government official claimed Monday that Tehran was not involved in the recent attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in New York ahead of a scheduled speech.
34% : "Nobody has the right to accuse Iran in this regard."
33% : The book was also banned in Iran.
33% : Kanaani explained that Iran did not "have any other information more than what the American media has reported."The West "condemning the actions of the attacker and in return glorifying the actions of the insulter to Islamic beliefs is a contradictory attitude," Kanaani said.
32% : In Iran's first public comments addressing the assault, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a briefing to journalists that Iran should not be accused of any involvement.

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