The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned an Iran-based foundation that maintains a multimillion-dollar bounty on Salman Rushdie, the British-American author attacked on stage in New York in August.
In 1989, then-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death over his portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in his acclaimed novel “The Satanic Verses.” The 15 Khordad Foundation, which is affiliated with the supreme leader, has since “committed millions of dollars to anyone willing to carry out this heinous act,” Treasury said in a news release.
