Iran summons Swedish envoy over cartoon
Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its Foreign Ministry on Monday to protest against a blasphemous cartoon of Holy Prophet (PTUI PBUH) in a Swedish newspaper, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said.
Gunilla von Bahr, Swedens charge daffaires, was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry today where she received a protest from the Iranian government, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Bjoerkander said.The Iranian government told Von Bahr the cartoon was offensive to Prophet Muhammad [PBUH], Bjoerkander said, refusing to disclose any further details of the meeting. The cartoon was drawn by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
Posted by: Fred 2007-08-28 |