Iran's proxy terror attacks are a direct hit on free speech - opinion

The correct response to Iran’s toxic efforts to murder dissidents in the West is an utter and complete refusal to be silent.

AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE is interviewed in London in 2008.

AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE is interviewed in London in 2008.

(photo credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS)

ByEMILY SCHRADER

AUGUST 15, 2022 20:35

Updated: AUGUST 15, 2022 21:00

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