In an official statement on Thursday, Iraq asked the Swedish ambassador to leave its territory, and decided to withdraw its charge d'affaires from Stockholm, in response to the burning of the Qur'an in the Swedish capital.

And the statement issued by the Iraqi Prime Ministry stated that "the Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani, directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to withdraw the Iraqi Chargé d'Affairs from the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in the Swedish capital, Stockholm," adding that he also directed "to request the Swedish ambassador in Baghdad to leave Iraqi territory, in response." On repeatedly allowing the Swedish government to burn the Holy Quran, insult Islamic sanctities, and burn the Iraqi flag.