Rushdie Crossed Red Lines Say Iran As They Accuse Salman Rushdie of 'crossing the red lines of 1.5 billion Muslims' and blames HIM for New York attack

 Iran accuses Salman Rushdie of 'crossing the red lines of 1.5 billion Muslims' and blames HIM for New York attack but denies links with knifeman in first public comments on stabbing

Iran issued statement denying any responsibility for brutal attack on Rushdie

• Foreign ministry instead blamed him and his supporters for getting stabbed 
• Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, was stabbed 12 times on Friday
• The horrifying attack took place at a public event in upstate New York 
• Rushdie suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye
• Kayhan newspaper, whose editor is personally chosen by Iran's Supreme Leader, on Sunday said that Trump and Pompeo were targets for revenge 

• Only Salman Rushdie and his own supporters are to blame for the famed author being brutally stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, according to an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson.

  Nasser Kanaani denied Iran had any responsibility for the attack on Friday, in which Rushdie, 75, was stabbed 12 times in front of a horrified audience. 

  'We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the US, do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,' Kanaani told reporters at a press briefing on Monday.  'Nobody has right to accuse Iran in this regard.' 

  'Salman Rushdie exposed himself to popular outrage by insulting Islamic sanctities and crossing the red lines of 1.5 billion Muslims,' Kanaani said.

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