Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Iran will not accept a new Swedish ambassador following the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the Scandinavian country, the second such incident in less than a month.
“Based on an order by President [Ebrahim Raeisi], the new ambassador of Sweden will not be allowed to return to Iran until the country’s government takes a serious and effective measure to deal with the continuous violation of Islamic sanctities,” Amir-Abdollahian said in a televised interview on Friday.
He made the remarks a day after a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee desecrated the Muslim holy book during a demonstration outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm amid strict protection provided by the Swedish police.
The appalling act opened the floodgates of protest across the Muslim community worldwide.
Amir-Abdollahian said the Iranian nation proved that they would never accept any act of sacrilege against the Holy Qur’an, referring to the mass rallies held across the country to condemn the move.
