Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman Rushdie

Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”. The leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that called on Muslims to the kill […]

23 February , 2016Comments Off on Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman RushdieRead More