The U.S. is imposing sanctions on an Iranian group that issued a multi-million dollar bounty on Salman Rushdie in response to the stabbing attack of the British-American author in August.
The Treasury Department has designated the 15 Khordad Foundation a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” for offering a $3.3 million reward for anyone who assassinates Mr. Rushdie.
The group, which officials say is subordinate to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, began publicly offering a cash reward in 1989 after the Iranian regime issued its fatwa calling for Mr. Rushdie’s assassination in response to his fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses.