Iran Press/Middle East: “Saudi Arabia categorically denies this shameful act,” the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement late on Sunday.
The statement demanded that the Swedish government “stop actions that undermine the respect that should exist between peoples and states, and that contradict values such as tolerance and moderation”.
Two weeks after Sweden's appeals court overturned a police ban on a demonstration organized to burn the Quran, the police issued a permit and the organizer of the demonstration on Wednesday, which coincides with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, burnt Holy Quran, which led to widespread worldwide protest and condemnation. Following this action, a wave of anger, disgust, and reactions to this action of the Swedish government has formed among Islamic countries.
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