The Danish Foreign Ministry said the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee aborted the trip after the Iranian parliament demanded an apology because Danish newspapers reprinted the cartoon of the Prophet that caused outrage in Islamic countries two years ago.

Most Muslims consider depictions of the Prophet Mohammad offensive.

"The Iranian parliament had demanded an apology of the Danish parliamentary delegation, which they of course cannot accommodate," Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller said in a statement
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