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Danish far-right leader jailed in Sweden for Quran burning, hate speech
A far-right Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan, has been convicted by a Swedish court to four months imprisonment over the charge of incitement against ethnicity and committing an ethnic vilification of Muslims. This…
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Iraq: Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over burning of Quran
Hundreds of angry protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad on Thursday morning in response as Sweden granted permission to burn the Quran. Videos which surfaced on social media platforms show…
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Iran condemns Swedish parliament’s designation of IRGC as ‘terrorist’ org
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister has condemned the Swedish parliament’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” organisation. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with…
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Iran hangs Habib Farajollah Chaab
Tehran: Iranian-Swedish dissident Habib Farajollah Chaab was executed on Saturday over charges of attacks including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people, Mizan News Agency reported. https://twitter.com/MizanNewsAgency/status/1654677236052643841?t=w6x2eoNKbZ0ODQjStYkoxg&s=19 Forty-eight-year-old…
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Turkey demands written agreement to allow Finland, Swedish NATO bids
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has demanded a “written agreement” from Finland and Sweden on steps to end their “support for terrorism” if they want to join the NATO. Cavusoglu’s remarks…