Sudden! Large scale protests erupt in multiple parts of Iraq, capital | Sweden | protest march
On the noon of June 30th local time, large-scale demonstrations and demonstrations broke out in the Basra Province in southern Iraq and the Azamiya District in northern Baghdad. Local people took to the streets to protest against the burning of religious scriptures in the Swedish capital Stockholm on the 28th.
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On the 29th local time, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish Ambassador to Iraq and strongly condemned the burning of religious scriptures by extremists in front of the Stockholm Mosque. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmad Sahaf requested in a statement on the same day that the Swedish authorities transfer the person to the Iraqi side and that he be tried in accordance with Iraqi law.
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According to reports, a man tore up and burned a religious scripture during a demonstration outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm on the 28th.