Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the cost d’affaires of Sweden and Denmark individually over the continued desecration of the Holy Quran, state media mentioned.
The director of the human rights division on the ministry condemned the “continuation of the brazen and heinous acts” of insults to the Muslim holy ebook within the two European nations, state news company IRNA reported.
The official referred to the current assertion of Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that “supporting criminals and desecrators of the Holy Quran is a form of war against the Islamic world.”
He mentioned freedom of expression comes with “certain duties and responsibilities,” urging the envoys “to adhere to international obligations based on articles 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
Sweden and Denmark have in current months witnessed a collection of Quran burnings by far-right extremists underneath the safety of presidency forces, sparking backlash throughout the Muslim world.
In most up-to-date case, anti-Islam activist in Sweden, Salwan Momika, staged one other Quran burning protest exterior the Iranian embassy in Stockholm, throughout which he was sprayed by a girl.
Iran had summoned the representatives of the 2 European nations in mid-July as effectively.
Danish ambassador was summoned on July 22, a day after a far-right protester set ablaze a duplicate of the Quran in entrance of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen.
He was once more summoned on Aug. 7 after a recurrence of an incident of Quran burning within the Scandinavian nation.
Swedish envoy was additionally summoned on July 21 when ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani mentioned Stockholm is “fully responsible for the consequences of provoking the sentiments of Muslims” by permitting the desecration of the Muslim holy ebook.
In early July, Iran introduced that it was not sending a brand new ambassador to Sweden, after the time period of the earlier envoy ended, over the desecration of the Holy Quran within the Swedish capital.
In a tweet on the time, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian mentioned the “process of sending the new ambassador” to Sweden has been halted “due to the action of the (Swedish) government in issuing a permit to desecrate the Holy Quran.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
