Salman Rushdie testified on July 23 in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York, describing the August 12, 2022, stabbing attack in western New York that left him blind in one eye. Hadi Matar was convicted in state court of attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years; he faces federal terrorism charges to which he has pleaded not guilty. The 1989 Iranian government statement calling for Rushdie’s death followed publication of The Satanic Verses.