Iran may exit FIBF protesting Rushdie’s presence | Mehr News Agency

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance for cultural affairs announced that Iran may not attend Frankfurt International Book Fair (FIBF) due to the presence of notorious writer Salman Rushdie.

The writer is supposed to address a session at the book fair and the Iranian official Seyed Abbas Salehi dubbed it is an ‘uncultural move’ and has objected to it. “I believe that the program which is planned by the book fair is among the red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as the Islamic Guidance and Culture Ministry and it is indeed an uncultural move,” Salehi said.