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Tehran - 27 January 2023
1. Worshipers burning Swedish flag during a protest condemning the Quran burning by a far-right activist in Sweden, protesters chanting (Farsi): "Death to Sweden!"
2. Various of worshipers chanting (Arabic): "Allah is the greatest"
3. Close of worshipper holding Quran and chanting (Arabic): "Allah is the greatest"
4. Placard reading (Farsi): "Sweden insults, America supports it! Death to America!"
5. Female protesters
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Yekta (no first name given), 55, worshipper:
"They insulted the Quran, may God curse them. May God brings whatever it wants to them, and return their evil to themselves."
7. Rear shot of crowds chanting (Farsi): "Sweden insults, America supports it!"
8. Protesters chanting (Farsi): "Death to Israel!"
9. Close of Quran and placard reading (Farsi): "Insulting the Quran is a sign of being contemptible, alienated traitors are hated by this nation."
10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohammad Hossein Mostaghimi, 60, worshipper:
"We have gathered here to defend the Holy Quran, the Holy divine book, and we condemn the ugly and irrational move by the infidels and enemies of Islam and the Quran."
11. Protesters chanting (Farsi): "Silence by any Muslim is treason against the Quran!"
12. Close of Quran
13. Protester chanting (Farsi): "Death to Sweden!"
14. Wide of protesters chanting (Farsi): "Silence by any Muslim is treason against the Quran!"
STORYLINE:
Protests were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s Holy book, the Quran, by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.
In Tehran, scores of worshipers burned the Swedish flag and chanted slogans against Sweden, America and Israel after Friday prayers.
Earlier this month, a far-right activist from Denmark received permission from police to stage a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm where he burned the Quran.
Days later, Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands, tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch Parliament and stomped on the pages.
The moves angered millions of Muslims around the world and triggered protests.
"We have gathered here to defend the Holy Quran, the Holy divine book, and we condemn the ugly and irrational move by the infidels and enemies of Islam and the Quran," said protester, Mohammad Hossein Mostaghimi.
"They insulted the Quran, may God curse them. May God brings whatever it wants to them, and return their evil to themselves," added a protester who only provided her last name, Yekta.
Swedish officials have stressed that freedom of expression is guaranteed by the Swedish Constitution and gives people extensive rights to express their views publicly, though incitement to violence or hate speech isn't allowed.
Demonstrators must apply to police for a permit for a public gathering.
Police can deny such permits only on exceptional grounds, such as risks to public safety.
AP Video shot by Mohsen Ganji
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