Iran (IMNA) - Sweden faces "dire consequences" if it continues to permit Qur'an desecration, according to the foreign minister of Iran, who also urged Stockholm to take the required action in the face of widespread condemnation.
Amir-Abdollahian urged Sweden to stop taking such "divisive" actions that incite violence and warned of their "dire consequences."
Amir-Abdollahian chastised the Swedish police for allowing people to misuse freedom of expression to disparage fundamental Islamic beliefs, which he called an obvious act of violence against Muslims.
The desecration of the Qur'an and other sacred texts and sites is fiercely condemned everywhere, by everyone, and under all circumstances. It is immoral and unjustifiable to permit the repetition of such actions in the name of free speech.
The top Swedish diplomat stated throughout the conversation that the government denounced the sacrilege. According to him, the Swedish police only granted gathering permits, and the person who insulted the Qur'an had exploited this privilege.
That decision was made after an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden burned several Qur'anic pages in front of Stockholm's biggest mosque in late June while being guarded by police.
On Friday, millions of Muslims protested the Swedish government's degradation of Islamic sanctuaries in the streets as well as in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq.
In recent years, Sweden has routinely allowed the burning of the Qur'an. Near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist torched a copy of the Qur'an in January.
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