Correspondent in Istanbul
"Satan lost an eye."
The front page, Sunday August 14, of the conservative Iranian daily
Jam-é Jam
could not be more explicit in signifying Tehran's determination to demonize Salman Rushdie.
Accompanied by a satirical portrait of the author of The
Satanic Verses
, half-blind and flanked by two horns, the article is part of a deluge of
"congratulations"
and other provocative reactions flooding the ultraconservative press since the attempt to assassination, Friday, August 12 in Chautauqua, of the writer accused of
"apostasy"
.
Silent at first, the Iranian authorities finally reacted on Monday, through the voice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by
"categorically"
denying any link with the assailant, while affirming that, in this attack,
"only Salman Rushdie and his supporters deserve blame and even condemnation
.
Proof that if the motives for the aggression remain to be elucidated, the persistent hostility of Tehran since the pronunciation of…
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