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Yeshiva World News · Jul 29, 2026

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A federal jury convicted Hadi Matar of aiding a foreign terrorist organization and carrying out orders from the Iranian government in connection with his 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, whose death Iran had called for decades earlier. Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, could now spend the rest of his life in prison.

A federal jury convicted Hadi Matar of aiding a foreign terrorist organization and carrying out orders from the Iranian government in connection with his 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, whose death Iran had called for decades earlier. Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, could now spend the rest of his life in prison.

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