The man who allegedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie has said that he admires Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued a call for Rushdie’s death in 1989.
Hadi Matar, the suspected attacker, told the New York Post during a video interview that he respects the former Iranian leader and believes Rushdie attacked Islam through his writing. Iran has denied involvement in the attack but blamed Rushdie for courting controversy.
“I respect the Ayatollah. I think he’s a great person. That’s as far as I will say about that,” Matar told the Post speaking from the Chautauqua County Jail, where he is being held.
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