Sweden says Iran behind thousands of texts demanding revenge for Koran burnings

A demonstrator holds up a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, during a protest in Tehran, Iran, in 2023 (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, in 2023.

Authorities in Stockholm claim that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out “a data breach” and managed to send “some 15,000 messages text messages in Swedish” over the string of public burnings of the Koran.