Nasser Kanaani
In this photo released on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani speaks in Tehran, Iran. Kanaani denied on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)