Iran newspapers praise Rushdie's attacker

Updated August 13 2022 - 7:13pm, first published 7:12pm
The main headline of Vatan Emrooz says "Knife in the neck of Salman Rushdie". (AP PHOTO)
The main headline of Vatan Emrooz says "Knife in the neck of Salman Rushdie". (AP PHOTO)

Several hardline Iranian newspapers have poured praise on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

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