Abstract
Embedded within foreign policy analysis literature, this article analyses the fatwa against Salman Rushdie and its impact on British-Iranian relations during the period 1989–1998. What constituted an unprecedented event in international relations history, affected bilateral relations for almost a decade. The article sheds light on how both sides perceived the issue at hand as well as interpreted respective diplomatic signalling and behaviour. The argument put forward is that Iran's maze of power centres continued for the most part to jeopardise confidence-building measures and concessions forwarded by the Iranian government and foreign ministry. The narrative indicates to what extent diplomacy and negotiations were influenced by domestic constituents (referred to as the ‘two-level game’ in international relations theory) in Iran.
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