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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

US considering Iran sanctions over Salman Rushdie attack

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The Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions on entities connected to Iran following the assassination attempt on author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at an event in New York last month.

The sanctions are being considered given that attacks on the novelist have been encouraged for decades after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses.

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