Iraqis set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Protesters in the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, set fire to the Swedish embassy in the early morning of Thursday, July 20.
 
Meanwhile, the Swedish authorities have allowed a gathering in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, outside the Iraqi embassy, where the organizers of this gathering want to burn a copy of the Koran and the Iraqi flag today.
 
Iraqis are angry with this action in Sweden, and the supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr launched a demonstration in Baghdad.
 
Hassan Ahmad, one of the protestors, said that "we have gathered here today to condemn the burning of the Quran, which is all about love and faith. We ask the government of Sweden and Iraq to stop such actions."
 
Another protester said: "We didn't wait until the morning, we entered the embassy in the morning and set it on fire."
 
The Swedish Foreign Ministry said that the country's embassy in Baghdad is safe after the fire incident.
 
The ministry added: "Iraqi authorities are responsible for protecting diplomatic missions and their employees, and attacks on embassies and diplomats are a serious violation of the Vienna Convention."
 
Officials have reported clashes between protesters and Iraqi security forces.
 
So far, it is not clear whether the employees of the Swedish Embassy were present at their workplace at the time of the attack or not.
 
Previously, Selvan Momika, a 37-year-old man, set fire to a copy of the Koran in front of Stockholm's largest mosque on June 28, the first day of Eid al-Adha under strict security measures.
 
Momika then told a Swedish newspaper: "In 10 days, I will burn the Iraqi flag and another copy of the Koran in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm."
 
Swedish authorities have said that Selvan Momika also organized the meeting in Stockholm.
 
After that incident, Islamic countries, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, condemned this act of burning and burning the Quran and demanded to stop this process.
 
Before this, following the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden, Iraqi citizens of 8 Cancer also moved towards the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad and entered the embassy of this country in protest of the Stockholm government's permission to insult the Holy Qur'an and demanded the expulsion of the ambassador.
 
At the same time, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish ambassador in Baghdad to protest the desecration of the Holy Quran in Stockholm and demanded the extradition of the perpetrator of this desecration. This ministry requested "Salvan Mamika", a Swedish person of Iraqi origin, who burned a copy of the Holy Quran, to be extradited to Iraq in order to prosecute him according to the laws of the country.
 
"Faiq Zeidan", the head of the Supreme Court of Iraq, also ordered on the 8th of May that the person of Iraqi origin, who tried to burn the Holy Quran in Sweden, should be prosecuted and the necessary legal measures should be taken to extradite him to Iraq.
 
On the same day, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Sistani, the supreme authority of Shia in Iraq, in a statement and a message to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the desecration of the Holy Quran and the permission of the Swedish government, said: Respect for freedom of expression cannot stop this shameful behavior, which is an open attack on the sacred There are more than two billion Muslims in the world.