“He's off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun,” his agent, Andrew Wylie, wrote in an email to Reuters. “It will be long; the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction.”
The suspect in the stabbing, Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault at a court appearance on Saturday, his court-appointed lawyer, Nathaniel Barone, told Reuters. One of Rushdie's sons said on Sunday that his father remained in critical condition but was able to say a few words after getting off the ventilator.
Many other Iranians expressed their sympathies for Rushdie, however, posting on social media about their anger at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers for issuing the 1989 fatwa that told Muslims to kill the author.Iranian organisations, some linked to the government, have raised a bounty worth millions of dollars for Rushdie's murder. Khomeini's successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said as recently as 2019 that the edict remained “irrevocable.
Rushdie was stabbed 10 times, prosecutors said during Matar's arraignment, according to the New York Times.
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