<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> and the United Kingdom break <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_Kingdom_relations" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran–United Kingdom relations">diplomatic relations</a> after a fight over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Salman Rushdie">Salman Rushdie</a> and his controversial novel, <i id="mw4w"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Satanic Verses">The Satanic Verses</a></i>.