European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Gao criticizes Navy training procedures Page 5 d air controllers score worst in drug 6 q Captain s Home built plane brings in records Page 9 q Bentsen says hell vote for Tower s confirmation Page 24 the St is and stripes unofficial up auction Fouth Good mor hint vol. -47. No. 323 " thursday March. 9, 1989a to sum d b693 a Britain will expel iranians Nicosia Cyprus a the diplomatic rupture Between Iran and Britain widened wednesday As theh Ritesh government said it would order an unspecified number omranian to leave the country because of death threats against novelist Salman Rushdie. Meanwhile Iran reportedly considered breaking economic tics and an iranian newspaper linked the juror Over Rushdie s nov the satanic verses to the Fate of British hostages in Lebanon. In a Carat a porn iranian group holding . Hostages said in had completed plans to kill Rushdie who has been in hiding since iranian Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the death threats on feb. 14. Many moslem say Rushdie s Book blaspheme islam a crime punishable by death under islamic Law. Rushdie who was born Inola moslem family Ivl and became a naturalized British citizen denies he intended to blaspheme the religion. So far. 15 nations have recalled their top ranking envoys from Tehran because of the death threat. Iran retaliated with a similar action against 12 of them. Britain also closed its Teh ran Mission. Iran announced tuesday it had broken diplomatic relations with Britain in a Niovi to prevent Western insults of islam. The iranian government had demanded that Britain denounce Rushdie Anit Lite novel. Britain s foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe said earlier that Britain understood the novel was deeply offensive to moslem. On wednesday Howe announced the new measures against Iran in the House of commons. Noting thai ran had refused to revoke its death sentence against Rushdie Howe said we have there fore decided on Security grounds a number of iranians must he required to leave this government sources who requested anonymity said that up to 30 iranians would be ordered out. A British embassy statement broadcast in Lebanon warned britons not to travel to the country. Howe also said Britain closure of he iranian consulate in Hong Kong a Fri Lisle Colony and gave the staff two weeks to leave. Using his strongest language since the controversy see Britain on Back Page striking protest while her baby s intention i
