Iran Press/ Iran News: On Wednesday, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi immigrant, stomped on the Qur’an before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque. The insult to the Muslim holy book was made under the authorization and protection of the Swedish police.
The incident, coinciding with the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha and the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, drew the anger of Muslims from across the world.
Following the incident, several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in protest against the Qur’an burning and demanded the expulsion of the ambassador.
People in other Muslim countries also took to the streets in protest against the move.
The protesters carried placards that read "Sweden should stop disrespecting the Quran".
Holding the holy Quran in their hands, the protesters in Iran cried slogans against those who desecrated the Holy Quran.
Earlier, the Iranian government announced that has refused to send a new ambassador to Sweden after a protester burned a Quran outside a mosque in the capital, Stockholm.
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