The United States has announced sanctions against an Iranian foundation accused of putting out a multimillion-dollar bounty on British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at a literary event in New York state in August.The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against the 15 Khordad Foundation on Friday. The sanctions freeze any US-based assets the foundation may have and generally prevent Americans from carrying out transactions with it.“Since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s order pronouncing a death sentence on Rushdie in February 1989, 15 Khordad Foundation has committed millions of dollars to anyone willing to carry out this heinous act,” the department said in a news release on Friday.
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