The assault happened shortly before 11am at the Chautauqua Institution near Erie in western New York state close to Lake Erie, about 400 miles north-west of New York City.
Rushdie, author of 14 novels, including 'The Satanic Verses'' had been invited to talk about the importance of the US offering asylum for writers and other artists in exile.
Eyewitness reports said that a man wearing a black mask rushed onstage and began to attack Rushdie as he was sitting on the stage. Paula Voell, a retired journalist, told the Buffalo News that it was quickly apparent that an assault had taken place.
"We saw the man race a few steps across the stage and there was horror - the whole audience reacted, and probably 15 spectators raced on to the stage to try to attend to him, or so it seemed," she said.
Phone footage captured moments after the attack shows audience members scrambling on to the stage to help. Gasps are heard around the auditorium as members of the public immediately evacuate the space.
Rushdie's book 'The Satanic Verses' has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous.
A year later, Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie's death.
A bounty of more than $3m has also been offered for anyone who kills Rushdie.
Iran's government has long since distanced itself from Khomeini's decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment lingered.
In 2012, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8m to $3.3m.
The New York Post, citing law enforcement sources, described the suspect Matar as being sympathetic toward the Iranian government.
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