Rushdie attack a 'wake-up call' on Iran, says UK PM candidate Sunak

14/8/2022 6:45

        Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a
        wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
        
        Indian-born author Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him over his novel "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed in the neck and torso on stage at a lecture in New York state. After hours of surgery, Rushdie was on a ventilator and unable to speak as of Friday evening.
        
        There has been no official government reaction in Iran to the attack on Rushdie, but several hardline Iranian newspapers praised his assailant.