Iran Breaks Ties with Britain Over Rushdie: The Fatwa Splits the World
Iran severed diplomatic ties with Britain in 1989 following the fatwa against Salman Rushdie for his novel *The Satanic Verses*. This rupture ended decades of engagement and cemented a deep, enduring hostility that continues to shape Middle Eastern-Western relations today.
March 7, 1989
37 years ago
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