An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack. A spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Iran “do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters.”
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