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A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression

The Guardian - UK

Author Salman Rushdie taken to hospital after attack in New York State

Author Salman Rushdie was on Friday recovering from surgery in hospital after he was stabbed in the neck as he was about to give a lecture in New York state.

Radio France Internationale

Salman Rushdie: timeline of the novelist’s career

The critically acclaimed writer rose to fame in 1981 and later received death threats for The Satanic Verses

The Guardian - UK

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Salman Rushdie attacked: Here's all you need to know about the fatwa against him and the controversy

In a shocking turn of events, former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12, 2022. The author was at the venue to give a lecture.

The Times of India

Iran Brands US Claim of Assassination Plot 'Fiction'

Iran dismissed as "fiction" Thursday US allegations it had plotted to kill former White House national security adviser John Bolton in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders. The US claim comes at a crunch moment in talks on reviving a nuclear deal between Iran and major…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN warns of 'grave crisis' at Ukraine nuclear plant

The UN nuclear chief warned Thursday that “very alarming” military activity at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine could lead to dangerous consequences for the region and called for an end to attacks at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia facility. Read FRANCE 24’s live coverage of the day’s events. All times…

France 24

Man arrested near home of Iranian dissident faces gun charge

A man arrested in New York City near the home of an Iranian opposition activist and writer has been indicted on a weapons count

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Russian officials trained in Iran as part of drone deal, says U.S. State Dept

Russian officials conducted training in Iran during the last several weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Thursday.

Reuters

Officials: Floods in Yemen Kill at Least 38 People in 2 Days

Torrential rains across southwestern Yemen and the country's capital of Sanaa have triggered flashfloods and collapsed homes, killing at least 38 people over the past two days, officials said Thursday. Scores of homes in Sanaa and the provinces of Dhamar and Ibb have completely collapsed or have been significantly damaged,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Launches New Iranian Satellite Amid Spying Concerns

This is the moment Russia launches an Iranian space satellite that U.S. officials believe could allow Iran to spy on its neighbors in the Middle East and help Russia in Ukraine.

Zenger

EU Awaits ‘Swift’ Response on Nuclear Deal ‘Final Text’

Iran’s Kayhan newspaper, which is closely affiliated to the cleric-led country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has protested the final text submitted by the European Union (EU) at the end of the round of negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement. The latest round of talks for rebooting the nuclear deal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Greece: Dozens Still Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks

Greek authorities said a search and rescue operation is ongoing for a second day for dozens of migrants missing after the boat they were on sank in rough seas off a southeastern Greek island. A Greek navy vessel and three nearby merchant ships were still searching Thursday for between around…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken Warns Iran over Plot to Target Bolton, Pompeo

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran on Thursday against targeting American citizens in wake of the revelation that Tehran had plotted to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to former President Donald Trump. “Our message to Iran is clear: we will not tolerate threats of violence against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sullivan Warns Iran of ‘Severe Consequences’ if it Attacks American Citizens

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned Iran on Wednesday that the Biden Administration “will not waiver in protecting and defending all Americans against threats of violence and terrorism.” “Should Iran attack any of our citizens, to include those who continue to serve the United States or those who formerly…

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Iran Seizes Vessel Carrying Smuggled Fuel

The Iranian naval authorities seized a vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the Arabian Gulf. The Iranian Fars news agency quoted the Chief of Justice of Hormozgan, Mojtaba Ghahremani, saying that the coast guard of Qeshm Island, located in the Arabian Gulf, detected and seized the vessel carrying 277,000 liters of…

The Independent UK

Tehran unveils Western art masterpieces hidden for decades

Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran

The Independent UK

John Bolton says he is ‘embarrassed at low price’ of $300,000 offered to assassinate him

‘I thought it would’ve been higher. But I guess maybe it was the exchange rate problem or something’

ABC News

FBI charges Iranian agent over plot to murder former US national security adviser John Bolton

An Iranian operative is charged over a plot to murder former US national security adviser John Bolton in presumed retaliation for a US air strike that killed Qassem Soleimani — the country's most powerful general.

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Iran rejects U.S. charging an Iranian for plot to kill ex-Trump adviser

Iran rejected as "baseless" the United States charging an Iranian with plotting to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to then-President Donald Trump.

Axios

Alleged Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton also targeted Pompeo

DOJ unsealed charges against an Iranian national accused of seeking to arrange Bolton's murder.

Reuters

Charges against Iranian should not affect nuclear diplomacy, U.S. official says

The United States does not believe charges against an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member for allegedly plotting to murder former White House official John Bolton should affect nuclear diplomacy with Iran, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

US accuses Iranian operative of plotting to kill John Bolton

Justice Department says IRGC member offered $300,000 to assassinate Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.

Daily Mirror

Mum of Iranian political prisoner jailed for criticising her son's treatment behind bars

Farangis Mazlum, 55, had spoken out about the conditions her son Soheil Arabi had endured - but she has now been jailed after being found guilty of "propaganda against the regime"

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Operative Charged in Plot to Murder John Bolton

An Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton in presumed retaliation for a US airstrike that killed the country's most powerful general, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to "eliminate" him, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Shahram Poursafi, identified…

Tribune News Service

Bolton was target of murder plot in US Iranian Guard case

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was charged by the U.S. in a plot to murder former national security adviser John Bolton.

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