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Police said Mahsa Amini had suffered a heart attack, denying allegations she was beaten

A young Iranian woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by morality police enforcing Iran's strict hijab rules, sparking protests by Iranians on social media and on the streets on Friday.

Tehran also vehemently denied having any knowledge of or link to the stabbing of the novelist.

Iran has denied any involvement in the New York stabbing of Salman Rushdie, arguing that only the author and his supporters are to be blamed for the attack.

Many Iranians have turned to social media to show their anger and praise over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York state, with some conspiracy theories linking it to Tehran's nuclear talks in Vienna.

Rushdie’s alleged attacker, Hadi Matar, was due in court to face attempted murder and assault charges.

Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed, activists and opponents charged Saturday. While the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini over Rushdie's novel "The…

Praise for attack on writer targeted by decades-old fatwa comes as some fear incident will leave Iran more isolated

Sir Salman has been the subject of a 'fatwa' since the 1980s