The “15 Khurad” institution, which is affiliated to the Iranian government and has long offered a reward for the murder of the author Salman Rushdie—who was the target of a horrific attack last summer in New York State—has been sanctioned, according to the US Treasury.
Sanctions include freezing all American connections to this religious organisation and forbidding any interaction with it while on American soil.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkkin stated, “We are targeting them today to offer financial assistance for a terrorist act.”
The “15 Khurad” Foundation established the reward in 1989 following the late Khomeini “Fatwa,” which calls for the murder of Salman Rushdie in light of his book “Satanic Ayat.”
The prize was upped by $500,000 in 2012 by a group associated with the Iranian government, bringing the total amount to $3 million.
The world was startled by the stabbing of Salman Rushdie on August 12 as he was getting ready to speak at a conference in North New York.
His agent recently said that the 75 -year -old British writer lost his eyesight in one of his eyes and was no longer able to move one of his hands after he was severely injured.
Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent who is 24 years old, was detained right away after the accident and maintained his innocence throughout his trial, which got underway in mid-August in Mayville, New York State.
While an official spokesman in Tehran claimed that “Salman Rushdie and his supporters are the ones who deserve blame and even condemnation,” Iran has officially denied any involvement in the attack.
In the Salman Rushdie case, Washington puts penalties on a group with ties to Iran.
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