The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Swedish Ambassador to Iran Magnus Wernstedt to protest the large scale violation of rights of minorities in Sweden.

The Swedish diplomat, whose country holds the European Union rotating presidency, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Sunday to be informed on 'broad and systematic violations of rights of minorities and refugees in Sweden and other EU member countries as well as taking political considerations and dual approaches into human rights issues'.

Wernstedt said he would convey the cases to authorities of his country and other EU member states.

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