How Iran exploited Rushdie’s Satanic Verses ...Egypt

(CNN) – Nearly 10 years after he was driven underground, Salman Rushdie believed he was free. The author had been living under heavy security and highest secrecy in London. But in 1998, the Iranian government of President Mohammad Khatami publicly distanced itself from the religious fatwa calling for his murder. The move was part of a landmark agreement with the United Kingdom. Iran issued a public guarantee not to push for Rushdie’s murder in exchange for an upgrade in diplomatic relations between London and Tehran. “Well, it looks like it’s over,” Rushdie told reporters at the time. “It means everything. It means freedom.” But there was a catch. The murderous 1989 decree over Rushdie’s sat

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