Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel “Insults” the Al-Aksa mosque, in light of increased tensions and rioting in the area surrounding the mosque, Temple Mount and eastern Jerusalem in recent weeks.
“The criminals of the Zionist regime in Palestine and the repeated insulting of the holy Al-Aksa mosque are the larger issues plaguing the Muslims,” a statement on Khamenei’s official website read.