The Iranian President Mohammad Khatami voiced opposition...
The Iranian President Mohammad Khatami voiced opposition to a call for executing a death decree against British author Salman Rushdie
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The Iranian President Mohammad Khatami voiced opposition to a call for executing a death decree against British author Salman Rushdie.
The hard-line Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO) reaffirmed the validity of the death sentence in February, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the "fatwa (religious decree)" against the British author issued by Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Musavi Khomeini.
The hard-line Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO) reaffirmed the validity of the death sentence in February, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the "fatwa (religious decree)" against the British author issued by Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Musavi Khomeini.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: IRNA, Xinhua, 04/06/2001)
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