After latest Quran burning, Iran vows not to accept next Swedish envoy
ISTANBUL (AA): Iran on Friday said it would not accept Sweden’s next ambassador to Tehran or send its own envoy to Stockholm after the most recent Quran burning in the Nordic country.
“Upon the conclusion of the Swedish envoy’s tenure in Tehran, we will refrain from receiving his successor until there is a decisive action from the Swedish government against the offender who disrespected Quran,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in an interview with the country’s public broadcaster.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry had summoned the Swedish Ambassador Matthias Lentz to express the country’s “strong protest” over the “sacrilege” of the Quran, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA.
“We strongly condemn the repeated desecration of the Holy Quran and Islamic sanctities in Sweden, and we hold the Swedish government fully responsible for the consequences of inciting the feelings of Muslims around the world.
“Continuing to desecrate Islamic holy places and spreading hatred in this way is considered a perfect example of organized violence and a hostile action against the world’s two billion Muslim population, God-believing people and followers of the heavenly religions,” the spokesman said. The Swedish ambassador assured the ministry that he would inform his government “immediately of Tehran’s protest,” according to IRNA.
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