Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad is set to host a key gathering of notable women journalists working for alternative media platforms from across the globe in late September.

This week, Cats & Dogs meets a French ambassador living on military rations, reviews a burning issue in Israel and reveals who's gagging the media in the name of free speech.

Far-right forces have been given “far too much” space in media and politics in Sweden, the woman who stopped Quran burning in Stockholm tells Press TV website, saying she doesn’t regret her actions.

Western countries brazenly allow media outlets that affirm their own imperialistic goals to remain on air and uncensored. This includes outlets that outwardly promote foreign meddling and violence.

The desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden has triggered vociferous calls for the boycott of Swedish products in Muslim countries, including some well-known Swedish brands and companies.

Since 2020, when Danish extremist Rasmus Paludan came to Sweden and set ablaze the Holy Quran – the first such instance on Swedish soil – the repeated cases of the desecration of Islam’s holiest book have earned the Scandinavian nation a bad name across the world.

The self-proclaimed “campaigners of freedom and democracy” in the West are at it again – abusing religious sanctities and hurting the religious sentiments of people under the guise of “freedom of expression” and "free speech."