Iran Press/ Iran news: The Swedish diplomat was summoned by the ministry's director-general for Western Europe on Thursday in the absence of Sweden's ambassador to Tehran.
The Swedish diplomat was presented with an official protest note.
The Iranian foreign ministry's diplomat condemned the sacrilege of the Holy Quran and the passive stance and silence of the Swedish government for violators of the most basic human rights which is respecting the religious and divine values.
Iran's Foreign Minister on Thursday strongly condemned the desecration of the holy Quran stating that allowing insults to religious sanctities and the Holy Quran is unacceptable by Sweden under any justification.
In a Twitter post, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's top diplomat said the entire Islamic world "strongly condemns the insult to the holy books and the Holy Quran."
In a related news earlier on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the latest state-authorized insult to the Holy Quran in Sweden, urging the European country to take responsibility and address the issue seriously.
“Creating a platform for the repetition of sacrilege against celestial sanctities, especially during the sacred days of the Islamic world and the gathering of millions of Muslims at the world congress of hajj, is a provocative, unacceptable act,” Kanaani said on Thursday.
In a court-authorized act of sacrilege against the Muslim holy book, two men stood outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday and burned a copy of the Quran.
The move was made to coincide with the Muslim festivity of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the conclusion of the annual hajj pilgrimage. 219
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