The director of Islamic seminaries in Iran, Sheikh Ali Reza Aarafi, praised Al-Azhar Al-Sharif's position regarding the recent insults directed at Islamic sanctities and called for persistent condemnation from governments, personalities, and scholars in the Islamic world against insulting the Quran. 

In a letter he sent to Al-Azhar, Aarafi called for a boycott of goods produced from the countries that insulted Islamic sanctities, urging them to reconsider relations with them and to take a decisive and coordinated stance to deal with Sweden and other countries, according to Iranian media. 

He also called for the writing of an international draft law from Islamic countries and international organizations to prevent similar events from occurring, and "working to launch a joint dialogue of monotheistic religions, based on Islamic teachings and divine religions."

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Aarafi stressed Iran's readiness for any kind of cooperation in this context and believed that "the prominent position of the ancient country of Egypt and its religious and scientific institutions, especially Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, will be decisive in taking common positions."

Extremists have on several occasions burned copies of the Holy Quran, in Sweden and Denmark, which caused a widespread condemnation campaign in Islamic countries, and a call from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take collective measures against the repeated desecration of the Holy Quran.

Earlier this year, the Swedish police also allowed the head of the extremist Danish Line Party, Rasmus Paludan, to burn a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy building in Stockholm. Paludan then triggered protests in Sweden.

The recent state-sanctioned stunts of Quran desecration in Sweden have sparked widespread outrage and condemnation internationally. The incidents were seen as a grave disrespect to the religious sentiments of millions of Muslims around the world. 

Countries from across the globe united in expressing their strong disapproval, emphasizing the importance of religious tolerance and mutual respect in a diverse society. The incident involved anti-Islam protesters, including an Iraqi immigrant to Sweden, who had obtained permission from Swedish police to burn the Quran outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm.