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Sweden: Iran sent messages to the Swedes urging them to retaliate for the burning of the Koran

2024-09-24 14:31:59, Kosova & Bota CNA

Sweden: Iran sent messages to the Swedes urging them to retaliate for the

Sweden says Iran is responsible for thousands of text messages sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge against those who burn the Muslim holy book, the Koran, in 2023.

Authorities in Stockholm claim that Iran's Revolutionary Guard "cracked the database" and managed to send "about 15,000 messages in Swedish" during the wave of Koran burnings.

Senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said an initial investigation, carried out by the Swedish security agency SAPO, found that "it was the Iranian state that, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, hacked the database of a Swedish company that provides intelligence services." SMS".

The name of the Swedish text messaging company was not released.

Iranian authorities have so far not commented on the accusations made by Sweden.

In August 2023, Swedish media reported that a large number of people in Sweden had received written messages in the Swedish language calling for revenge against people who were burning the Koran, Ljungqvist said.

He said the sender of the messages was "a group called Team Anzu".

The burning of the Koran was allowed based on the article on freedom of expression, which is protected by the Swedish Constitution. The police had given permission for them.

However, these incidents have divided Sweden between its commitment to freedom of expression and respect for religious minorities.

In a separate statement, SAPO's operational manager Fredrik Hallstrom said the messages were also intended "to portray Sweden as an Islamophobic country and to cause divisions in society".

There is no law in Sweden that expressly prohibits the burning or desecration of the Koran, or any other religious book. Like many Western countries, Sweden does not have a blasphemy law either./ REL