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“Whether today's assassination attempt was ordered directly by Tehran or not, it is almost certainly the result of 30 years of the regime's incitement to violence against this celebrated author," said the Washington-based National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI).
“Whether today's assassination attempt was ordered directly by Tehran or not, it is almost certainly the result of 30 years of the regime's incitement to violence against this celebrated author," said the Washington-based National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI).
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group outlawed in Iran, said that the attack had taken place at the "instigation" of Khomeini's fatwa.</blockquote></ref> Adding "that a bounty of over 3 million dollars for Rushdie's life offered by Iran's 15 Khordad Foundation remains on offer."
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group outlawed in Iran, said that the attack had taken place at the "instigation" of Khomeini's fatwa.</blockquote></ref> Adding "that a bounty of over 3 million dollars for Rushdie's life offered by Iran's 15 Khordad Foundation remains on offer."
After publicized celebrating the attack in Iran, the other day, the cynical Islamic Republic itself dared to blame Rushdie himself and his supporters for the brutal stabbing.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/08/15/salman-rushdie-iran-response-stabbing-attack-vpx.cnn Hear who Iran blames for Salman Rushdie's stabbing], CNN Video, Aug 15, 2022.<blockquote>Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in an attack that left him with multiple severe injuries, his family said. Iran responded denying any link to the stabbing of and cast the blame on the author and his supporters for the attack that left him with life-changing injuries.</blockquote></ref>
===On Hadi Matar===
===On Hadi Matar===