Protesters in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy and set it afire on Wednesday in response to Sweden’s approval of a permit to protest in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. It was expected that a Quran would be burned at the protest after another Quran burning incident in late June.
The protesters were followers of Iraq’s radical anti-Western cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who is retired from politics but still wields vast influence over Shiite Muslims.
Hundreds of people stormed Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and burned it down yesterday after another Quran was burnt in Sweden.
Sweden’s NATO membership still hasn’t been ratified by Turkey.
The turmoil is putting the membership in danger. pic.twitter.com/ebDBpwpGrI
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 20, 2023
