Writer, who was blinded in one eye and suffered hand nerve damage, cites 'extraordinary attack on libraries, and books for children in schools' in US, as well as book rewrites

Hadi Matar tells NY Post from jail that he was not in touch with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, but refuses to say if attack inspired by Iranian leader's fatwa

Lebanese-born Silvana Fardos, who lives in New Jersey, tells UK newspaper that Hadi Matar became more religious, moody after spending a month with estranged father