In February 1989, Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran’s supreme leader, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, ordering and legitimizing the killing of author Salman Rushdie.
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A court in Turkey has handed a life sentence to a man accused in the killing of a former Iranian intelligence operative who exposed alleged corruption in Iran's judiciary and security forces.