TEHRAN (Basirat): Clashes broke out between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday during a settlers tour at the flashpoint site. [CARTOON]

TEHRAN(Basirat): The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which the United States rapidly dispatched to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, has stayed outside of the strategic Persian Gulf waters, with its commander saying that the US Navy is seeking to avoid escalations.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iran and Turkey have finalized an agreement to restart direct train services between Tehran and Ankara and also to run tourist trains, an official announced.

TEHRAN (Basirat): The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement slammed US President Donald Trump's so-called peace plan for the Middle East, and said what Washington describes as the "deal of the century" is a "void deal" and a "historic crime".