Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death.
Source: ABC News 6
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
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