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Iran says death sentence still stands against Rushdie

Iran’s fatah or religious edict condemning British author Salman Rushdie to death over his novel “The Satanic Verses” will remain in force “forever,” the official news agency IRNA said. The announcement was made Tuesday on the anniversary of the 1989 edict issued by the leader of Iran’s Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Full Story