Head of the union of Tehran publishers and booksellers censured the recent desecration of the holy Quran by Americans at the US-run Bagram airbase.
IBNA: "Such savage acts cannot be explained under any circumstances and all Muslim nations of the world are affected," said Nader Ghadayani, head of the union in an interview with IBNA.
"This is not the first time that US forces have desecrated the Islamic society by their acts which must not be overlooked," he added.
"Afghans have bravely withstood the presence of US forces in their land and all Muslims of the world back them," he further added.
He also commented on senior American officials apologizing for the acts and said such apologies are ineffective and should have been replaced with strong precautionary measures to prevent such happenings.
U.S. officials have said that the Qurans were confiscated from prisoners on the base and mistakenly discarded in an incinerator. Afghan laborers found charred remains.
A string of attacks on NATO troops by Afghan security forces followed the burnings. An Afghan government commission investigating abuse accusations at the largest U.S. jail in Afghanistan, located at Bagram, has said inmates reported being tortured and held without evidence.
In other news, Senior Afghan clerics said on Friday the burning of the copies of the Holy Quran at a NATO base last month was an "evil act" that must be punished, a demand that could deepen widespread public anger over the incident.
"The council strongly condemns this crime and inhumane, savage act by American troops by desecrating the Holy Quran," members of a council of clerics said after meeting President Hamid Karzai, according to a statement issued by his office, Reuters reported.