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Events on Tuesday 14 February 1989 1
1989Fatwa issued against Salman RushdieAyatollah Khomeini calls for author's deathIran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of novelist Salman Rushdie over his book The Satanic Verses, deemed blasphemous. Rushdie went into hiding under police protection for years afterward. The edict strained Iran's diplomatic relations with Western countries.