Iran Denies Involvement in Salman Rushdie Attack

Salman Rushdie’s interviewer, who was with him on stage last week when the author was stabbed, has spoken out to express his shock at what happened.

Leaders of the WGA East and West have issued a statement condemning the stabbing of Salman Rushdie as he was about to speak last week at a literary event in New York celebrating the U.S. as a safe haven for exiled writers. Rushdie, whose 1988 book The Satanic Verses is climbing the best-seller charts after the attack, remains in critical condition but is expected to survive, though he might lose an eye.

Padma Lakshmi is sending her well wishes to ex-husband Salman Rushdie after he suffered life-threatening injuries over the weekend.

After the brazen attack on author Salman Rushdie, the 75-year-old's ex-wife, Padma Lakshmi, is relieved to be past the "nightmare." Taking to her Twitter account, the "Top Chef" personality broke her silence on the attack on the "Satanic Verses" author, writing she had been "worried and wordless" but "can finally exhale." Lakshmi and Rushdie were married from 2004 through 2007 after beginning a relationship in 1999. Lakshmi was transparent about the demise of their relationship, telling People that things turned sour when her independent celebrity grew and she became well-known for her culinary skills. Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie were married for three years from 2004 to 2007.

The Iranian government has denied any involvement in Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie and laid the blame at the feet of The Satanic Verses author and his supporters.

Author Salman Rushdie has been removed from his ventilator and is starting the long road back from his stabbing injuries.

Salman Rushdie is «on the road to recovery,» his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of «The Satanic Verses» suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.The announcement followed news that the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke. Literary agent Andrew Wylie cautioned that although Rushdie's «condition is headed in the right direction,» his recovery would be a long process.

Salman Rushdie is «on the road to recovery,» his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of «The Satanic Verses» suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.The announcement followed news that the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke. Literary agent Andrew Wylie cautioned that although Rushdie's «condition is headed in the right direction,» his recovery would be a long process.

Padma Lakshmi is hoping for «swift healing» for her ex-husband, author, Salman Rushdie, after he was stabbed by a man who rushed the stage as Rusdhie was about to give a lecture at western New York's Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center.Lakshmi, who was married to Rushdie from 2004 to 2007, took to Twitter Sunday morning to share a status update on the 75-year-old author after he was said to be in «critical condition» following the attack.«Relieved @SalmanRushdie is pulling through after Friday’s nightmare,» The co-hosttweeted. «Worried and wordless, can finally exhale.

J.K. Rowling is asking Twitter for support after receiving threats on the social media platform. 

Padma Lakshmi is breathing a sigh of relief for ex-husband Salman Rushdie.

Zafar reported in a tweet Sunday.“Following the attack on Friday, my father remains in critical condition in hospital receiving extensive ongoing medical treatment. We are extremely relieved that yesterday he was taken off the ventilator and additional oxygen and he was able to say a few words,” Rushdie began.“Though his life changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty & defiant sense of humor remains intact.

Warner Bros. Discovery today issued a statement supporting Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, who was threatened by a Twitter user for her anguish at last week’s attack on fellow author Salman Rushdie.

J.K. Rowling is getting threats.

Salman Rushdie, now recovering in hospital after being stabbed on Friday, told a German magazine just a fortnight ago that his life now was “very normal”, and that he would have faced much more danger if social media had existed back when his novel The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, and that death threats to public figures had become “normal.”

The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.

A day after Salman Rushdie was stabbed Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York, authorities announced the suspect was arrested on an attempted murder charge.

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has received a death threat after showing support for Salman Rushdie – who was attacked in New York right before giving a lecture.  Rowling took to Twitter Friday and wrote, "Horrifying news.

announced Saturday.“The individual responsible for the attack yesterday, Hadi Matar, has now been formally charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Assault in the Second Degree,” Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement.The 24-year-old Fairview, New Jersey, resident is being held without bail at Chautauqua County Jail.Rushdie was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York when the suspect rushed the stage and stabbed him in the neck and abdomen. He was airlifted to a Pennsylvania hospital, where he underwent surgery for several hours on Friday afternoon.Later that evening, Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, reported that the 75-year-old novelist was on a ventilator and could not speak.