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The Turin newspaper said that while Rushdie, the object of a fatwa issued 10 years ago by the Ayatollah Khomeini, still can't be free of the nightmare that some Muslim fanatic might try to kill him, "it is certain that Iran, whatever it does, cannot get free of Rushdie."
Consider the Ayatollah Khomeini.
Meanwhile, the Post and Times report that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday denounced pro-U.S.
One might be led to think that it is always open (silly) season on the language in the US; but we cannot ignore the seriousness of religious taboos on some aspects of language and writing, as the fatwah issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie because of a book.
The result was a surprise, since Nategh-Nuri enjoys the tacit support of Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and was viewed as the clerical establishment's candidate for president.