Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday moved toward severing diplomatic ties with Sweden in an expression of outrage that Stockholm has allowed an Iraqi activist to hold demonstrations in which he desecrated the Koran.
Days after Iraq’s prime minister ordered the expulsion of Sweden’s ambassador in the face of public anger over the desecrations, Mr. Raisi said Iran will no longer welcome a Swedish ambassador in Tehran.
The development marks the latest in a case that has found Sweden facing criticism from Muslim-majority governments and demonstrators over the handling of Salwan Momika, a man identified in media reports as an Iraqi Christian-turned-atheist who is accused of desecrating Islam’s holy book.While Swedish officials have publicly condemned any desecration of the holy book, the Momika case is at the center of a free speech fight in Sweden and has triggered demonstrations in the Middle East and beyond.
Mr. Momika gave similar treatment to an Iraqi flag and to photos of Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, as well as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Demonstrations in response to the desecrations have been most intense in Iraq, where protesters stormed and occupied the Swedish embassy compound for several hours and started a small fire on Thursday.
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