Author Salman Rushdie was attacked last week as he gave a speech in upstate New York on the importance of freedom of speech. Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini previously called for his death in a 1989 edict. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Holly Dagres, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
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