Iran OIC envoy slams Qur’an desecration by Israeli forces

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the desecration of the holy Qur’an by Israeli forces at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a meeting with Assistant Secretary General of the OIC for the Affairs of Palestine Samir Bakr, Hamid Reza Dehqani called for a strongly-worded reaction of the OIC member countries in condemning the act by the Israeli soldiers.

The Iranian envoy underlined the significance of exploiting the potentials of the OIC and its subsidiary institutions, including the al-Quds committee, to prevent the Israeli regime’s crimes against the oppressed Palestinian people and the Muslims’ holy values.

Bakr, for his part, censured the continuation of human rights violations by the Israeli regime in the occupied territories and called for the ad-hoc meeting of the OIC’s al-Quds committee.

He added that the OIC has condemned the move through issuing a press statement.

On Sunday, March 3, Israeli forces stormed a session of Qur’an recitation in Al-Aqsa Mosque in the West Bank, when a Zionist soldier stepped on a copy of Islam’s holy book.

This is not the first time that Israelis desecrate Muslim sanctities. Israeli forces and settlers have on numerous occasions attacked mosques and religious sites in the occupied Palestinian territories.