“I strongly condemn desecration of Quran, hate crime against Muslim sanctities in Sweden again,” the top Iranian diplomat said in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday.
“Islamophobia, hurting Muslim feelings on the guise of freedom of expression shouldn’t become commonplace in some EU self-proclaimed human rights defending countries,” he stated.
According to reports, Swedish right-wing leader Rasmus Paludan received permission from his country's government to burn the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. He was protected by the police while committing the act.
Back in April, Paludan tried to burn a copy of the Quran in a heavily-populated Muslim area.
Paludan, accompanied by police, went to an open public space in the southern Swedish city of Linkoping and reportedly placed the Muslim holy book down and tried to set it on fire while ignoring protests from onlookers.
Sweden's foreign minister Tobias Billström condemned hatred towards Muslims, but emphasized there were certain freedoms in his country.