The senior Iranian diplomat noted that the al-Aqsa Mosque compound is among Muslims’ holiest places, denouncing the Tel Aviv regime’s desecration of the sacred site as in line with its policy of altering the Islamic and historical character of al-Quds, and a provocation to the feelings of Muslims worldwide.

Baghaei then called upon the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Muslim nations to adopt an effective measure and neutralize the actions of the apartheid Israeli regime against the Islamic and historical identity of al-Quds.

Israeli hawkish minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led an incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, filming himself inside and declaring that Jewish settlers now feel ownership over the site.

In a video released by his office, Ben-Gvir addressed the camera from within the compound, saying, “Today you feel like you own the place.”

“Now there is still what to do. Now there is still what to improve,” he said. “I don’t stop nagging the prime minister to do more and more things. We must go up even more, upward, upward.”