Overview

• Hadi Matar, 27, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie during a 2022 event in New York.
• Rushdie, who is now blind in one eye, survived being stabbed more than a dozen times and detailed his recovery in his 2024 memoir, 'Knife.'
• A concurrent seven-year sentence for assaulting another man on stage will not extend Matar's total prison time.
• The Department of Justice alleges the attack was ideologically motivated by Hezbollah and linked to the 1989 Iranian fatwa against Rushdie.
• Matar faces a separate federal trial on terrorism charges, which is expected to explore his motivations and potential connections to Hezbollah.