Demonstrators in Tehran called for the death of Salman Rushdie after Ayatollah Khomeini issued his fatwah in February 1989,Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images Salman Rushdie's recovery is "headed in the right direction," his agent told The New York Times Sunday. Rushdie was stabbed 10 times in an attack reports say may be linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination over his book "The Satanic Verses" Author Salman Rushdie is on "the road to recovery" after being stabbed roughly 10 times in an attack reports say may be connected to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.Rushdie was attacked Friday as he took the stage to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.