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According to the report of Mehr News Agency, quoted by Al Jazeera, the US government put the 15 Khordad Foundation on its sanctions list.

The US Treasury announced in a statement on Friday that following the attack on “Salman Rushdi”, the renegade author of the book Ayat Satani in August In the past, Iran’s “15 Khordad” Foundation was sanctioned.

In the statement of the US Treasury Department, the reason for the imposition of sanctions against the Khordad 15 Foundation is the award for the assassination of this renegade writer.

Salman Rushdie was attacked and stabbed two months ago during an event while he was invited to speak on stage.

Despite the strict security protection of this renegade writer, “Hadi Matar”, a 24-year-old young man living in New Jersey, was able to get close to Salman Rushdie by passing through the security rings and stabbing him in the hand, stomach and neck.

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