Iran calls for an emergency session of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on the situation in Palestine in the wake of incursions and raids by Israeli forces
Tensions have been running high in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem after Israeli forces stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque for the second time on Wednesday.
In a telephone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Thursday, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi denounced Israeli actions at Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. Raisi emphasised the importance of holding an emergency session of the 57-member body of Muslim countries on the prevailing situation in Palestine.
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