Alwaght- The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says a recent decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime's capital was aimed at destroying al-Aqsa Mosque.
Speaking at a meeting with a number of IRGC personnel in Tehran on Saturday, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said "The US and the Zionist regime [of Israel] have committed their most historic folly vis-à-vis al-Quds, and with the grace of God, al-Quds will become a graveyard for the fake regime of Israel," he added.
Jafari urged Muslims to immediately stand up against the "vicious plot” or it would be too late.
"We are informed that this decision was the outcome of [the US] behind-the-scenes consultations, agreements and coordination with some Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, and that they had been aware of the issue since a few months ago," the senior IRGC commander said.
Jafari added that the Saudi regime is making efforts to limit the Muslim nations' stance against the new US crime to just words and statements and said Riyadh had agreed with Israel and the US to prevent any "practical move" aimed at safeguarding al-Quds.
However, Muslims would once again thwart the enemies' plots, he emphasized.
Elsewhere, in a meeting with the visiting British foreign secretary Boris Johnson on Saturday in Tehran, Ali Shamkhani secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran said the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize al-Quds as Israel’s “capital” would once again turn the Palestinian issue into the main focus of the Muslim world.
