Tehran, IRNA – An informed source has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not going to send a new ambassador to Sweden due to the sacrilege of the Holy Quran in the European country.
The informed source at Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told IRNA on Sunday that despite the fact that administrative procedures for sending a new Iranian ambassador to Sweden have been finished, as a result of the recent insult to the holy Quran in the Swedish capital city Stockholm, the ministry will not send a new envoy for now.
Last Wednesday, in a court-authorized act of sacrilege against the Muslim holy book, two men stood outside Stockholm Central Mosque and burned a copy of the holy Quran.
As a result of the desecration of the Islamic sanctities, the Islamic countries have reacted to the heinous act of the Swedish authorities with a wave of anger and disgust.
Also, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian emphasized that despite the completion of administrative procedures, the process of dispatching a new ambassador to Sweden has been temporarily halted due to the Swedish government's action in issuing permission for insulting the holy Quran.
Amir-Abdollahian wrote on his page on social media, "Yesterday, I had a detailed discussion with my colleague Mr. Hojatollah Faghani, our new ambassador to Sweden, and he provided a report on the latest situation regarding his mission."
Ahead of his mission in Sweden, Faghani met with Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Saturday.
