Middle East

Iranian Newspaper Praises Salman Rushdie’s Attacker

‘A THOUSAND BRAVOS’

One media outlet applauded the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie, saying “the hand of the man who tore the neck of God's enemy must be kissed.”

Mathew Murphy
Mathew Murphy 

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