... in Publishing’s annual Pandora Award include Shahla Lahiji, Iran’s first female publisher, currently on trial by the Iranian government for participating in a literary conference, and Urvashi Butalia, founder of India’s first feminist publishing house ...

... by some Muslims, was threatened with death by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a 1989 fatwa, or edict. While the Iranian government has since said the edict had ended, hardline groups have renewed calls for Rushdie to be killed. According to Air Canada ...

... Mujahadin, supported by Ayatollah Khomeini. Sixty-three diplomats and others were held hostage until January 1981 by the Iranian government or its proxies. In September 1980, Saddam Hussein attacked Iran and 1 think it would have been surprising if there was ...

... blow the whistle – and they make their individual choices . a result of the capture of 15 British servicemen by the Iranian government on March 24 . It was deemed inappropriate to broadcast a production critical of the British army at a time when soldiers ...