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Salman Rushdie and 'his supporters' are to blame for the brutal assault on the author, says Iran

Aug 15, 2022 View Original Article
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    -66% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    66% Medium Conservative

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44% : An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country's first public comments on the attack.
34% : "Nobody has right to accuse Iran in this regard."
33% : Kanaani added 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.

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