Indian-born British writer Salman RushdieThe knife attack suffered by Iran during an event in New York was also widely covered in the Iranian press.
The Iranian press praised the person who attacked Salman Rushti and said, “Knife attack on apostate writer Salman Rusti‘ he announced in his headlines.
“WE CONGRATULATE”
Keyhan newspaper, to which the editor-in-chief was appointed directly by the Iranian religious leader, described the attack as “We congratulate the person who attacked the apostate and satanic writer Salman Rushti a thousand times in New York”. “The death fatwa of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khomeini has been fulfilled.”‘ announced.
“CAN IT BE A COINCIDENCE?”
Mohammad Merendi, who was among the Iranian delegation in the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran and 5+1 countries in Vienna, shared on his social media account about the attack, “I will not shed tears for a writer who insults and belittles Islam and Muslims. However, in the process of returning to a possible nuclear agreement, could the US assassination allegations targeting Iran and this subsequent attack be a coincidence?‘ he said.