The Iranian government distanced itself from calls for Mr. Rushdie’s death under former President Mohammad Khatami, a reformist who declared in 1998 that the fatwa had ended. But the religious authorities said it could not be withdrawn by anyone other than Ayatollah Khomeini, who died four months after issuing it. His successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in 2005 that the fatwa remained valid.

在前总统穆罕默德·卡塔米(Mohammad Khatami)领导下的伊朗政府与拉什迪的谋杀令脱离了关系，1998年，身为改革主义者的卡塔米宣布该法特瓦失效。但宗教权威人士称，只有阿亚图拉·霍梅尼本人才能终结这个命令，而谋杀令颁布四个月之后，他就去世了。他的继任者阿亚图拉 ·阿里·哈梅内伊(Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)于2005年宣布，这条法特瓦依然有效。

The decree had already put a considerable price on Mr. Rushdie’s head: A religious organization called the 15 Khordad Foundation initially offered a $2.7 million reward to anyone carrying out the fatwa, then increased it to $3.3 million in 2012. The new money, bringing the total bounty to nearly $4 million, came from 40 news outlets listed by Fars, which said that it had contributed $30,000.

早先的刺杀令已经为拉什迪的人头开出了相当高的价格。一个名叫“15 Khordad 基金会”的宗教组织出价270万美元，奖励执行这条法特瓦的人，2012年又把奖金提高到330万美元。如今这笔新的款项把赏金提高到将近400万美元，来自Fars资讯社列举的40家资讯媒体，该社也提供了3万美元。

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