Salman Rushdie: Iran denies responsibility for attack

Iran on Monday blamed award-winning author Salman Rushdie and his supporters over an attack which left the novelist hospitalized and on a ventilator.

“Salman Rushdie exposed himself to popular outrage by insulting Islamic sanctities and crossing the red lines of 1.5 billion Muslims,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in Tehran’s first official reaction to the attack.

“During the attack on Salman Rushdie, we do not consider anyone other than himself and his…