Hassan Sane'i
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Hojatoleslam Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation.[1]
Sane'i is a fundamentalist who has called for the execution of Salman Rushdie and raised the bounty of the head of the latter for insulting Islam.[2][3][4][5]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM, 1994: STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM OVERVIEW
- ^ World: Middle East, Rushdie death bounty raised, BBC, 12 October 1998
- ^ http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar98/mde13.htm
- ^ IN THE NAME OF ALLAH: DECEPTION FROM TEHRAN AND THE CASE OF SALMAN RUSHDIE American Atheists
- ^ Iran Offers a Higher Reward For Assassination of Rushdie New York Times
[edit] External links
- The World Outraged by Prize Hike to Kill Rushdie 12 February 1997
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