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Guest of the 11 p.m. news from franceinfo, Saturday August 13, Thierry Coville, researcher and specialist in Iran, returned to the attack suffered by the British writer Salman Rushdie, the day before, in the United States.
Was the knife attack on British writer Salman Rushdie on Friday August 12 in the United States ordered from Iran? “All the elements that we have rather speak of an isolated act”explains Thierry Coville, researcher at IRIS (Institute of International and Strategic Relations) and specialist in Iran, Saturday August 13, on the 11 p.m. set of franceinfo.
“The Iranian state is brutal but rational. It knows very well that to carry out this kind of action is to provoke an immense reaction from the United States”, continues Thierry Coville. Iranian leaders are “all more or less on the same side, ultra-radicals”he explains, unlike the population in Iran. “We are struck by the modernization of mentalities in Iran, especially among women who are doing more and more studies”says the researcher.
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