Word: khomeini
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Howe told a news conference that the EEC foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, had sent "a strong, concerted signal to the Iranian leadership that Khomeini's threats are an affront to international standards of behavior and will not be tolerated...
...Sunday, however, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Khomeini as ruling out any reprieve for Rushdie and urging Moslems to "send him to hell" for his writings...
...Neither Khomeini's statement nor IRNA referred to Khamanei's comments, reflecting a widening rift in the Iranian hierarchy over the Rushdie affair...
Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Mehdi Karrubi, reaffirmed Khomeini's execution order Monday, IRNA reported...
Rushdie, an Indian-born Moslem, has been in hiding, reportedly under armed police guard, since Khomeini decreed February 14 that he should be killed, and two Iranian religious leaders put a $5.2 million bounty on his head...