Iran Says Salmon Rushdie, Who is Fat, Should Blame Himself for Getting Stabbed

The thing is, Iran had to say this. They couldn’t not say it.

I think the stabbing is suspicious.

RT:

Iran on Monday denied any involvement in the attack on Salman Rushdie and claimed that the award-winning novelist himself and his supporters are to blame for the incident.

The Indian-born British-American writer was stabbed on Friday at an education center in New York state as he was preparing to give a lecture in front of a packed audience. A possible motive for the assault is his 1988 novel ‘The Satanic Verses’, which was condemned by some Muslims for its allegedly blasphemous references to Islam and its holy book, the Koran.

Speaking at a weekly press conference, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said that Tehran “has no information about the person who had attacked Rushdie other than what was announced by the US media.” He added that his country “seriously and categorically” denies any link to the attack and stressed that “no one has the right to accuse the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

“No one deserves to be blamed except Rushdie and his supporters,” Kanaani said, adding that anger over Rushdie’s works “has not been limited to Iran and the Islamic Republic.”

“By crossing the red lines of more than one and a half billion Muslims and followers of all divine religions, he {Rushdie} exposed himself to the wrath of the people,” the spokesman explained.

Kanaani’s statement marks the first official reaction of Tehran to the shocking attack. It came the day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “Iranian state institutions have incited violence against Rushdie for generations, and state-affiliated media recently gloated about the attempt on his life.”

“This is despicable,” the top US diplomat said.

Jew, you’re despicable.

How many people has the US military killed? A lot more than one.

Sadly, it looks like Rushdie may live. This is good for his book sales, I’m sure.