#Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei:
"The execution verdict of #SalmanRushdie, as it relies on holy verses, like holy verses, remains firm and uncompromisable."
"The execution verdict of #SalmanRushdie, as it relies on holy verses, like holy verses, remains firm and uncompromisable."
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1558113018948599808
#BREAKING
Police have identified the attacker of #SalmanRushdie as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from Fairfield, New Jersey. His motive is not yet clear.
Preliminary reports indicate that the attacker had previously published material supporting #Iran's regime & was a fan of Soleimani.
Police have identified the attacker of #SalmanRushdie as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from Fairfield, New Jersey. His motive is not yet clear.
Preliminary reports indicate that the attacker had previously published material supporting #Iran's regime & was a fan of Soleimani.
#UPDATE
—#SalmanRushdie is out of surgery & on ventilator
—Likely to lose an eye, suffered liver damage
—Police are stationed at the residence of attacker Hadi Matar in Fairview, NJ; FBI helping Police
—Matar's Facebook page had #Iran IRGC propaganda, is now blocked
—#SalmanRushdie is out of surgery & on ventilator
—Likely to lose an eye, suffered liver damage
—Police are stationed at the residence of attacker Hadi Matar in Fairview, NJ; FBI helping Police
—Matar's Facebook page had #Iran IRGC propaganda, is now blocked
The Keyhan newspaper, known as the mouthpiece of #Iran's dictator Ali Khamenei, congratulated the man (Hadi Matar) who stabbed #SalmanRushdie and calls him "courageous."
"A kiss on his hand who tore the neck of God's enemy with a knife," the piece adds.
"A kiss on his hand who tore the neck of God's enemy with a knife," the piece adds.
#UPDATE
#SalmanRushdie
-was stabbed in the neck, abdomen
-was on a ventilator Friday evening, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose
-physician at the scene described Rushdie’s wounds as “serious but recoverable”
apnews.com/article/salman…
#SalmanRushdie
-was stabbed in the neck, abdomen
-was on a ventilator Friday evening, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose
-physician at the scene described Rushdie’s wounds as “serious but recoverable”
apnews.com/article/salman…
#SalmanRushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, used this fake driver's license.
His alias was "Hassan Mughniyah," a reminder of Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah official close to #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.
(Both are dead.)
How did Matar slip under the radar?
His alias was "Hassan Mughniyah," a reminder of Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah official close to #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.
(Both are dead.)
How did Matar slip under the radar?
Three known #Iran lobbyists busy diverting attention away from Iran's regime following the stabbing of #SalmanRushdie.
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