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Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main gates of the Swedish...
Thousands of Muslims took to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express...
Analysis-Iraqi cleric Sadr flexes muscle with torching of Swedish embassy
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLess than a year after declaring he had left Iraqi politics, the unpredictable Shi'ite cleric...
Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Koran burning
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIraq expelled the Swedish ambassador on Thursday in protest at a planned burning of the Koran in...
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProtesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against...
Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the...
Sweden says Swedish national arrested in Iran
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIran, in late December, said it would keep seeking the release of the former Iranian official sentenced to life in prison in Sweden. Earlier in December,...
Iran accuses jailed Swedish EU employee of crime punishable by death
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth",...
Iraqi cleric al-Sadr demands closure of U.S. embassy over Israel ties
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIraq's Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government and lawmakers on Friday to...
Sweden, EU confirm Swedish national has been held in Iran since last year
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSweden on Monday said a Swedish citizen in his 30s was arbitrarily detained in Iran last year and called for his immediate release. The Swedish government didn’t identify the man, but the New ...
