BAGHDAD, Jul 1 (NNN-NINA) – Hundreds of Iraqis rallied yesterday, in the capital Baghdad, to protest against the burning of the Muslim holy book, the Quran in Sweden.
The angry protesters, the majority of whom were followers of Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, gathered in the Salhiyah neighbourhood, where the Swedish embassy is located, just outside the heavily-fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad.
TEHRAN, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday proposed convening an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to gather foreign ministers of member states to discuss the recent burning of the Muslim holy book Quran in Sweden.
He made the remarks in a phone call with OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha while strongly condemning the "insulting and provocative move" in Sweden, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.
30 June 2023; MEMO: Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators yesterday stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad to protest the burning of the holy Quran in Stockholm.
Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr had called for a large "angry" protest outside Sweden's embassy in Baghdad, demanding the expulsion of its ambassador from the country as well.
30 June 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has so far refused to sign a document committing to free access to all UNESCO members for the World Heritage Committee's meeting in September, with the issue of allowing Israeli officials to enter the country as the main sticking point, Axios quoted informed Israeli officials and Western diplomats as saying.
30 June 2023; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday slammed Sweden after it allowed a copy of the Quran to be burnt in Stockholm and said Ankara would never bow down to a policy of provocation or threat, Reuters reported.
"We will teach the arrogant Western people that it is not freedom of expression to insult the sacred values of Muslims," he told party members on the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha.
30 June 2023; MEMO: Iran has summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires to protest against the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden, state media reported, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Swedish envoy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, and urged to prevent insults to the moral and religious values of Muslims on Thursday, according to IRNA, the official Iranian news agency.
30 June 2023; MEMO: An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem yesterday froze a military order to dismantle a new illegal West Bank outpost set up last week near the illegal settlement of Eli.
Following the Israeli settlers' appeal to the District Court of Jerusalem, Israeli forces from the Civil Administration were sent to the site and stopped its preparation for evacuation and demolition.
30 June 2023; MEMO: Iran's state-run Nour News said on Friday Israel's report that it had foiled an attack in Cyprus by capturing an Iranian agent was an effort to cover up its own domestic crisis, Reuters reports.
Israel said on Thursday its Mossad intelligence service carried out an operation in Iran to capture the suspected leader of an Iranian plot to attack Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus.
01 July 2023; MEMO: Israeli media reported that the Israeli army is concerned about what it describes as "a significant change in the concept of air defence by Hezbollah in Lebanon, following the party's doubling of the number of air defence systems in its possession, in an attempt to restrict the freedom of action of the Israeli Air Force in Lebanon."
01 July 2023; MEMO: The latest statistics published by the international Global Firepower website, which specialises in military affairs, indicate that Egypt continues to lead in the number of warplanes owned, while Saudi Arabia ranks ahead of Israel.
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