A jury also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was ... calling for Rushdie’s death. Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 after publication of ...

A New Jersey man who repeatedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York speaking engagement was convicted of ...

Salman Rushdie was speaking at a literary festival in western New York state when Hadi Matar, then 24, stormed the stage and ...

Image Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder and ... Mr. Rushdie had lived under an Iranian death sentence since 1989 following the publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted ... That included whether Matar was motivated by a fatwa, or death threat, which Iran's leadership issued against Rushdie over the ...

MAYVILLE, NY — Witnesses to the attempt on author Salman Rushdie’s life recalled the bloody horror on the first day of accused knifeman Hadi Matar’s ... s faced since Iran called for his ...

27-year-old Hadi Matar is accused of rushing the stage at ... for his book “The Satanic Verses,” which has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous.

Hadi Matar could receive up to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie at a New York event in 2022.

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting ... novel "The Satanic Verses," which Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, denounced as blasphemous. After the knife assault ...

Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in prison and will be sentenced ... Matar's legal team had sought to prevent witnesses from characterizing Rushdie as a victim of persecution following Iran's 1989 ...

Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder ... calling for Rushdie’s death. Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 after publication of the novel “The ...