Demonstrators stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, a day after a protestor in Sweden burnt a copy of the Quran.
The rallies in Iraq's capital were organized by Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential Iraqi Shia imam who also called for the expulsion of Sweden's ambassador in Baghdad.
Social media videos showed several protestors climbing over a blocked wall outside the embassy. How far they got into the structure before retreating has yet to be determined.
Sweden stated that its employees were safe. "We are fully aware of the situation. "Our embassy personnel are safe, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in regular contact with them," the Swedish foreign ministry's press office emailed CNN.
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An Iraqi security source told CNN that the crisis had ended. AFP said the protestors were inside the compound for roughly 15 minutes.
The Baghdad protests followed an event in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, on Wednesday, in which a man burnt a copy of Islam's holy book outside a mosque.
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Images from the occasion showed him to be the sole participant in the march, which coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha, one of the holiest days in Islam.
Al Sadr urged that authorities revoke the Iraqi citizenship of Salwan Momika, the organizer of the one-person Quran demonstration in Stockholm, who moved to Sweden from Iraq five years ago.
Muslim countries and Islamic organizations criticized the Stockholm Quran burning. Iran described the conduct as "provocative," while Kuwait described it as a "dangerous provocative step."
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation [OIC], the Arab League, and the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the event enormously.
Morocco recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Wednesday, and both Iraq and Saudi Arabia strongly denounced the act. According to the UAE's state news outlet WAM, the UAE summoned Sweden's ambassador to Abu Dhabi on Thursday to denounce the Quran-burning event.
Iraqi protestors battled with security authorities outside the Swedish embassy in early January after a different incidence of the Quran burning in Stockholm.
