noting that "diplomatic procedures on the emergency closure of [Iraq’s] embassy in Stockholm and the departure of the Swedish ambassador from Baghdad have already been launched.". Andrey Safonov ...

Iraq has ordered the Swedish ambassador to leave and withdrawn its chargé d'affaires from Stockholm after police granted a permit to a protest at which a man said he'd burn the Quran. Sweden's foreign ...

in one instance outside Iraq's embassy in Stockholm -- although he refrained from burning it on that occasion. The Swedish decision to let his demonstration go ahead prompted Iraq to expel Sweden ...

Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador in protest at a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm that has prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. An ...

The Alsumaria TV channel reported that the intruders had already left the embassy’s territory ... demanded the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq in protest against the desecration ...

Carl Bildt spoke a day ahead of the International Compact with Iraq in Stockholm, Sweden. Mideast ... including increasing embassy presence in Iraq, expanding economic and commercial ties ...

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Carl Bildt spoke a day ahead of the International Compact with Iraq in Stockholm, Sweden. Mideast ... including increasing embassy presence in Iraq, expanding economic and commercial ties ...