Iran Condemns Desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the repeated desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the extremist Zionists led by one of the criminal ministers of the Israeli regime.
In a statement on Sunday night, Esmaeil Baqaei said this violation, which constitutes a blatant affront to the sanctity and religious status of the sacred site, as well as a clear breach of the United Nations resolutions, serves as yet another indication of the Zionist regime’s malicious intent to perpetuate tension and crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories and the broader region.
The spokesman stressed that Al-Aqsa Mosque, as the first qibla of Muslims, holds a revered status among Muslims and the Palestinian people.
Baqaei noted that the Zionist sect ruling over occupied Palestine, through its desecration of this holy site, seeks to alter the Islamic and historical identity of Al-Quds, provoke the sentiments of Muslims worldwide, and escalate tensions in the occupied territories, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
He further emphasized that a united Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine, and that the international community has a responsibility to compel the occupying regime to cease its racist and criminal policies against the land and people of Palestine.
The statement came after the Israeli regime's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of settlers in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday, where they loudly performed Jewish Talmudic prayer, under a heavy police guard, and attempted to antagonize Muslim worshippers.
