Sweden
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Police investigate gunfire near Israeli Embassy in Stockholm
TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Swedish police have detained several people and cordoned off a large area in Stockholm after a patrol heard suspected gunshots, they said on Friday, with the Israeli embassy located in the closed-off area.
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Hamid Nouri transferred from cell to security suit
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally incarcerated in Sweden, has been transferred from a cell to a suit in a security region.
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Majid Nouri released from Sweden prison: Embassy
TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – The Iranian Embassy in Sweden in a message announced that Majid Nouri, son of the detained Iranian national Hamid Nouri was released from prison.
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Hamid Nouri’s son reportedly arrested in Sweden
TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – The Swedish police have reportedly detained Majid Nouri, the son of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen imprisoned in Sweden.
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Iran embassy reacts to SÄPO allegations against Tehran
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Iranian embassy in Sweden has dismissed an annual report issued by Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) in which Iran has been introduced as a threat against the Nordic country.
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Fire breaks out at Sweden's amusement park
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Black smoke rose over Sweden’s second-largest city on Monday after a fire broke out at a water park under construction at one of the country's biggest amusement centers.
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Top Iran, Sweden diplomats discuss bilateral relations
TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Sweden held a telephone conversation this evening and discussed the latest state of bilateral relations.
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Swedish officials apologize for attack on Iranian embassy
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Swedish authorities have apologized for the attack on the Iranian embassy in Stockholm and emphasized Sweden's commitment to maintaining and ensuring the security of the embassy and its employees under the Vienna Convention.
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6 killed, injured in train-truck collision in Sweden
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – A train driver died and five passengers were landed in hospital with injuries after a commuter train crashed into a truck in southwestern Sweden on Monday.
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Hamid Nouri’s family to complain at ICC over Swedish ruling
TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – The head of the Iranian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has condemned a recent ruling by a Swedish appeals court that upheld a life sentence for detained Iranian national Hamid Nouri.
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German envoy summoned over accusations against Tehran
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Germany’s ambassador to Tehran was called to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in protest at the “baseless accusations” a court in the European country has leveled against Iran.
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Iran blasts verdict by primary, appeal courts on Hamid Nouri
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Reacting to the Swedish court's verdict on Hamid Nouri's dossier, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman stressed that Tehran considers the verdict of the primary and appeal courts regarding the Iranian citizen to be unacceptable.
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Swedish court upholds life sentence for Iranian citizen
TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian judicial official handed a life sentence to him.
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Norwegian author and playwright wins Nobel Literature Prize
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – Norwegian author, playwright, and poet Jon Fosse has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Trio win physics Nobel for illuminating electrons
TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for creating incredibly short pulses of light that can capture processes inside atoms and molecules.
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Iran urges Sweden to take action against Qur'an desecration
TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Condemning the Qur'an desecration in Sweden, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman called on the Swedish government to take practical measures to promote peaceful coexistence between the people of different religions.
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Amir-Abdollahian continues to meet with counterparts in NYC
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian continued to meet with a number of other foreign ministers while in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting on Sunday.
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Clashes continue after Qur'an burning in Sweden
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Clashes erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third-largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy of the Qur'an, police said.
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VIDEO: Arbaeen march in Sweden's Stockholm
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The footage shows the enthusiastic presence of Swedish Muslims in the annual Arbaeen procession in Stockholm.
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Erdogan:
Turkey's approval of Sweden's NATO bid depends on Stockholm
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – The decision on Sweden's NATO membership will be made by the Turkish parliament, which monitors Stockholm's actions, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Monday.
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Iran summons Danish, Swedish envoys over Qur'an desecration
TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iran's foreign ministry has summoned Sweden and Denmark's charge d'affaires in Tehran seperately in protest against the repetition of desecration of the Holy Qur'an in those European countries.
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Sweden police arrest woman trying to stop Qur’an desecration
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Swedish police detained a woman Friday who sprayed an anti-Islam activist with a fire extinguisher as he staged a Quran-burning protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm.
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VIDEO: Qur'an burning; Planned project in vain
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – The hostile project of the enemies against the Qur'an, the holy book of Muslims, lead to nothing but failure.
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British academics slam attacks on Qur'an as 'extremist acts'
TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Two prominent British academics have condemned the recent desecration of Qur’an in Sweden and Denmark, stressing that these “extremist acts” should be prevented.
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Sweden:
No plans to change 'free speech' law after Qur'an sacrilege
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – Sweden says it has no plans to make sweeping changes to freedom of speech laws following several acts of desecration, including the burning of the Holy Qur'an.
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Pope Francis condemns recent Qur’an burnings as ‘barbaric’
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Pope Francis has denounced as “barbaric” the recent Qur’an burnings in Sweden and Denmark, saying such blasphemous moves prevent dialog among nations.
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Shooting at Swedish consulate in Turkey’s Izmir injures one
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – A Turkish employee was seriously wounded in an armed attack at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western province of Izmir, officials have said.
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OIC slams repeated Qur'an desecration in Sweden, Denmark
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the recent despicable acts of aggression against the sanctity of the Qur'an in Sweden and Denmark.
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Iran embassy in Sweden blasts repetition of Quran sacrilege
TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian Embassy in Stockholm condemned the Swedish government for granting permission again to the desecration of the holy Qur'an in Sweden on Monday.
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Islamic sanctities, holy Qur'an insulted again in Sweden
TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Media reported on Monday that two Iraqi refugees who had insulted the Muslim holy book before in Sweden repeated their shameful action outside the Swedish parliament under police protection.