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Danish extremist party leader burns Quran in Copenhagen
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – The leader of the far-right party "Stram Kurs" (Hard Line), Rasmus Paludan, held a Quran-burning demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen.
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Denmark announces $2 billion plan to boost Arctic security
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Denmark's defense minister has announced a deal with the governments of the Faroe Islands and Greenland to boost surveillance capacity and sovereignty assertion.
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EU military chief wants European troops in Greenland after US
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – The EU’s military chief has said that it would make sense to station European troops in Greenland following US President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for acquiring the autonomous Danish territory.
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Denmark files charges against Quran desecrators
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – For the first time in Denmark's history, two individuals have been charged with improper treatment of a religious scripture after allegedly disrespecting the Quran, prosecutors announced.
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Denmark dismisses Trump’s latest Greenland claims
TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Denmark has dismissed President Donald Trump’s latest remarks about the US acquiring Greenland through economic or military intervention.
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France warns Trump against threatening Greenland
TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – France warned Donald Trump against threatening the “sovereign borders” of the European Union after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
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Ukraine confirms Danish delivery of F-16s
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Denmark has delivered a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as he travelled to Paris to meet top politicians and dignitaries.
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New blast near Israeli embassy in Denmark
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – A new blast went off near the Israeli embassy in Denmark, police said on Monday as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas October 7 operation on Israel.
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Explosions rock vicinity of Israeli embassy in Denmark
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Two explosions occurred near the Israeli regime's embassy in Copenhagen.
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Danish police detain Greta Thunberg during Gaza war protest
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Danish police has apprehended activist Greta Thunberg at a Copenhagen protest against the war in Gaza.
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Danish PM attacked by man in Copenhagen
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen has been left "shocked" after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen, her office says.
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VIDEO: Danish people hold demonstration in support of Gaza
TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Thousands of Danish people held rallies in the streets of Copenhagen, declaring solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and condemning the crimes of the Zionist regime.
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Danish prime minister extends condolences to Iran
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – Denmar Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sent a message to Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber expressing her condolences on the martyrdom of Ebrahim Raeisi, the late president and his companions in copter crash.
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Danish airport evacuated following bomb threat
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Emergency services were scrambled to Billund airport in Denmark on Saturday following a bomb threat.
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Iran FM meets Denmark FM, UN High Commissioner in Geneva
TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held talks in separate meetings with his Danish counterpart Lars Loke Rasmussen and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in the Swiss city of Geneva.
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Court upholds jail terms issued against anti-Iran terrorists
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – A Danish appeals court has upheld prison sentences issued for three members of an anti-Iran terrorist group, which was behind a 2018 deadly attack in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz.
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Denmark adopts bill prohibiting desecration of Qur'an
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Denmark’s parliament has passed a bill that makes it illegal to burn copies of the Holy Qur'an in public places.
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Assailant on Iran's ambassador to Denmark found guilty
TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – The court of Copenhagen in a verdict found guilty the assailant who illegally entered the premises of the Iranian embassy in Denmark last year armed with a cold weapon and tried to assassinate the ambassador Afsaneh Nadipour.
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Denmark to ban Quran burnings, says justice minister
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Peter Hummelgaard, the Justice Minister of Denmark announced that the country plans to ban the burning of the holy Quran.
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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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Dutch PM says;
The Netherlands, Denmark to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine as soon as Ukrainian crews and infrastructure are ready for the US-made jets, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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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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Iran embassy condemns Islamophobic acts recurring in Denmark
TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s embassy in Denmark has strongly condemned the recurring desecrations of the Holy Qur’an in the Nordic country, saying it is “shocked” by Copenhagen’s inaction on the sacrilegious acts.
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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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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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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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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.
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Denmark vows to put legal limits on Qur'an desecration
TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Denmark's government on Sunday released a statement saying that it would put legal limitations in order to stop the demonstrations involving the burning of the holy book Qur'an in certain circumstances.
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Iran FM stresses need for punishing Qur'an desecrators
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – In a phone call with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Danish foreign minister stressed that his government condemns any insult to religious sanctities and abuse of freedom of speech.
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New act of sacrilege reported against holy book of Muslims
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Media reported a new case of Qur'an sacrilege in the Danish capital of Copenhagen amid Muslims' strong condemnation of growing insulting the Islamic sanctities in European countries.