Since 1989, when Ayatollah Rullolah Khomeini put a price on his head for the publication of the novel The satirical verses, that of Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie has been a story of tireless struggle for freedom of expression.
The political book fictionalized the life of the prophet Muhammad and an interpretation of the Koran that the Iranian ruler considered blasphemous, and issued a fatwa calling for his assassination, with a reward for whoever carried it out.
Rushdie spent nearly 10 years in hiding and living under the pseudonym of Joseph Anton. In fact, the novel that bears that title deals with that dark period. He was exiled in the United States from 2000, but