Explainer: Why Iran is being discussed after the attack on Salman Rushdie, what is the reaction of the people there

Famous writer Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York on Friday. Rushdie, 75, born in Mumbai and a Booker Prize winner, was about to begin his lecture Friday during an event at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York when a man named Hadi Matar attacked him with a knife. He has suffered a neck injury and is currently fighting for life and death in the hospital. Here Iran is being discussed fiercely after the deadly attack on Rushdie.

Why Iran is being discussed after the attack on Rushdie

A fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie by making serious allegations against him in Iran regarding a book which came out in 1988. It was alleged that his book The Satanic Verses has damaged the image of Islam. Iran's then (now late) supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khamenei had issued a fatwa punishing him (Rushdie) to death.

What is the reaction of the people of Iran after the attack on Rushdie

Some in Tehran praised the attack on the author, as they believe Rushdie has damaged the image of the religion in his 1988 book The Satanic Versus Islam. Khamenei's fatwa is still in the minds of people in the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran. A person named Reza Amiri said, "I don't know Salman Rushdie, but I am glad to hear that he was attacked because he insulted Islam." Mohamed Mahdi Mowaghar, 34, who lives in Tehran, said it was pleasant and it showed that those who disrespect the sacred things of us Muslims will be punished by people in this world apart from being punished in the hereafter. However, there are some people who worry that Iran will be further cut off from the world. Anyway, tensions are going on regarding Iran's nuclear program.