News in Brief
Several suicide operations discovered
IRNA – The information minster on Sunday announced the discovery of several suicide operations among the crowd on Saturday.
Esmaeil Khatib said the enemies were trying to carry out terrorist operations, adding that they were trying to assassinate several Sunni clerics, guards, judges, etc., to make the parties guilty of this incident and incite ethnic and religious sectarianism.
He clarified that the enemies are seeking to make the eastern borders unsafe, and it is necessary for Shia scholars, Sunnis and officials to be vigilant.
Raisi encourages further Iran-China cooperation
IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a congratulatory message to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the occasion of China’s National Day (Oct. 1), regarded the progress of the 25-year comprehensive cooperation program between the two states as a beacon for future collaboration.
Raisi characterized the bilateral coordination on regional and international affairs, particularly Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, as a new arena for cooperation between the two countries and the promotion of multilateralism.
Sweden slammed for inaction on insult to Qur’an
TASNIM – The Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed the Swedish government and police forces for their passive response to the repeated acts of desecration of the Holy Qur’an, reminding Stockholm that actions speak louder than words.
In a statement released on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the most recent case of desecration of the holy book of Muslims in Sweden.