Iranian Foreign Ministry reported that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi invited his Algerian counterpart Abdelmajid Tebbun to visit Tehran.
According to a statement from the foreign ministry, “The invitation came from Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian during a telephone conversation with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtan Lamamra.”
Abdullahyan assured his Algerian counterpart that relations between the two countries are good and expanding, and they are ready to hold a meeting of a joint economic committee between the two countries in the near future. The Iranian Foreign Minister called for the establishment of an effective international legal mechanism to stop the “desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Zionist education.
For his part, he told Lamamre that Algeria “condemns the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Zionists, as well as the insulting actions of the French magazine towards Islamic values, and we emphasize the need to strengthen cooperation between Islamic countries in international forums.” including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The assault on Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning sparked outrage and disapproval from Arab countries led by Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, indicating that the assault on the holy site will stoke tensions within and outside.
The raid came a day after he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he would climb the Temple Mount in the coming weeks, without specifying a day.
Last month, the French magazine Charlie Hebdo launched an international competition for the best cartoon of an Iranian guide to ridicule him, stating: “We wanted to support the Iranians’ fight for their freedom by ridiculing this religious leader and returning him to the dustbin of history.”
The magazine reported that it had received more than 300 cartoons and published a large group of them. As a result, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced the summons of the French ambassador to Tehran amid the publication of “Charlie Hebdo”. cartoons insulting the Iranian leadership.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said: “The Islamic Republic of Iran does not in any way accept insults to its Islamic and religious shrines and national values, and France has no right to justify insulting the shrines of other Islamic countries and peoples under the pretext of freedom of speech.”
Kanani referred to the French magazine’s “black track record of attacking the Prophet of Islam, the Holy Qur’an and the religion of Islam”, emphasizing that “this hateful, offensive and unjustified action is carried out by the French government.”
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