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Iran Summons Sweden's Charge D'affaires in Tehran Over Quran Burning

by Reuters

   Iran's foreign ministry has summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires in
   Tehran over the burning of a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in
   Stockholm, state media reported on Thursday, condemning what it said
   was an insult to the most sacred Islamic sanctities.

   A man tore up and burned a Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque on
   Wednesday, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays.

   "While Muslims are performing the Haj ... insulting their sanctities
   merely serves the path of spreading hatred and violence, exploiting the
   principle of freedom of expression," Iranian state media said, citing a
   statement by the ministry.