Iran Denies Involvement in Rushdie Stabbing

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An Iranian government official claimed Monday that Tehran was not involved in the recent attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in New York ahead of a scheduled speech.In Iran’s first public comments addressing the assault, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a briefing to journalists that Iran should not be accused of any involvement.“We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves b …