On Saturday, Iran condemned the Zionist restrictions on access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, amid tension in the holy city.

On Saturday, Iran condemned the Zionist restrictions on access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, amid tension in the holy city.

Occupation authorities closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, shortly after the shooting of an extremist Jewish rabbi in Jerusalem.

Zionists reopened Al-Aqsa on Friday following a day of violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, but barred male worshippers under 50 years old from entering the religious site.

"We are condemning Israeli police who attacked the supporters of Al-Aqsa," according to the statement from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham.

The statement also asked Islamic and regional countries not to keep silent over Israel's restrictions on access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Several Palestinians were injured in the occupied West Bank on Friday when Israeli forces dispersed rallies staged in solidarity with East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Zionists occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish 'state' – a move never recognized by the international community.