The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering imposing sanctions on organizations linked to Iranian authorities for inciting an assassination attempt on British writer Salman Rushdie, The Wall Steet Journal reported, citing sources.

The material said that such organizations could be restricted from accessing the global financial system for allegedly offering a reward for the assassination of the writer. The administration believes that the offer itself may have already motivated the attackers.

The U.S. believes that organizations linked to the Iranian authorities may be responsible for supporting the fatwa (religious injunction) of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini calling for Rushdie to be punished for blasphemy. The Hordad Foundation-15, a charitable organization allegedly controlled by the Iranian leadership, could be subject to restrictions.

The foundation put a $2.5 million bounty on Rushdie's head in 1997, an amount that was increased to $3.3 million in 2012, while the organization has remained silent since the assassination attempt, The Wall Stet Journal noted. The publication also wrote that some Iranian media outlets, including the Fars news agency, which is considered a semi-official government resource, were willing to contribute $600,000 to the reward for the murder of the British writer.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani Chafi earlier said that the attack on British writer Salman Rushdie was solely his fault, as well as those who supported him.