Ambassadors of Islamic countries in a letter to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt condemned sacrilege of Islamic sanctities and values, and stressed that human values should be misused and violated under the pretext of the freedom of speech.

The chief UN nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei responded to US criticism, saying critics weren’t giving attempts to get Iran to come clean on past nuclear activities a chance to work.

The United States said there was potential merit to Iran’s nuclear transparency deal with UN inspectors, after earlier branding it a diversionary gambit to forestall tougher UN sanctions.