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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Maziar Motamedi

Iran says only Salman Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani holds a news conference in Tehran [File: Atta Kenare/AFP]

Tehran, Iran – Iran has said Salman Rushdie and his supporters are to blame as it sought to distance itself from the attack last week in New York that severely wounded the writer.

“We consider no one except [Rushdie] and his supporters deserving of blame or even condemnation” for the attack, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters during a news conference on Monday.

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