Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to convene an emergency session for a joint decision to defend the people of Palestine and counter the acts of aggression by the Zionist regime following its recent invasion of the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third Islamic holy site.
Israeli forces have attacked and arrested hundreds of Palestinian worshippers in a violent raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy month of Ramadan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called for an international mechanism aimed at stopping measures that desecrate religious values and holy sites.
The UN Security Council stressed on the need to maintain the status quo at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. But the UNSC member states did not commit to any action days after Israel’s new far-right security minister made a controversial visit to the site, which Palestinian leaders called “an unprecedented provocation."
The European Union has underlined that the status quo of holy sites in the occupied Old City of al-Quds should be preserved. It comes after Israel's new far-right “national security” minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in what Palestinians called a breach of international laws.
The Islamic organization running the al-Aqsa Mosque compound's affairs has reported a record number of Israeli settlers storming the Muslim holy site in 2022.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has strongly condemned the Israeli regime and illegal settlers’ desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied city of al-Quds.
Taliban officials have unveiled a smaller-size replica of the al-Aqsa Mosque building in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul in an apparent act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for efforts by Islamic countries and use of different international potentials to end the Israeli regime’s inhumane attacks against the Palestinian people.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) has strongly condemned the latest Israeli desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque and warned Tel Aviv of the consequences of its actions. He stressed that the holy site must be protected under international law.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says the Israeli regime and the Daesh terror group, which is itself a creation of the West and Zionists, are today committing brutal crimes against Muslim worshipers in occupied al-Quds and Afghan mosques, respectively.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says it is an achievable dream that the Hezbollah secretary-general would one day say his prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Palestine, as he has promised the Leader.
Iran has some of the most beautiful mosques in the world. However, aside from their splendour, mosques are also significant religious and cultural centres where people come together to socialize and acquire knowledge.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has denounced the Israeli regime’s ‘blameworthy’ move to close al-Aqsa Mosque compound to the Palestinian worshipers.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called on the Palestinian people to stage a sit-in at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to protest at recent acts of aggression committed by the Zionist regime of Israel against Palestinians.
