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A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied on Monday that the country had any involvement in the attack on Salman Rushdie, in what was the first official statement by Tehran since the violent assault, and faulted the author himself.
Mr. Rushdie was stabbed roughly 10 times on Friday while speaking at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. He suffered multiple injuries, including a damaged liver, and is expected to lose an eye.
The Iranian spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, put the blame…
