Ruhollah Khomeini
Coverage of Ruhollah Khomeini in the Nexus archive.
- Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him
Salman Rushdie testified at the federal terrorism trial of Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing him in 2022. Rushdie described the attack during a Chautauqua Institution event, which left him injured, and emphasized the knife was nearly fatal. Matar, who pleaded not guilty, faces federal charges linked to the 1989 Iranian fatwa against Rushdie for his novel 'The Satanic Verses'.
- The Iranian regime was built on ‘vicious antisemitism’ following the 1979 Islamic Revolution
The article claims the Iranian regime's ideology is rooted in antisemitism since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, contrasting the Shah's era of Jewish prosperity with post-revolution persecution. It highlights Ruhollah Khomeini's antisemitic rhetoric and the execution of Jewish industrialist Habib Elghanian as key examples.