Two days ahead of his inauguration as Iran’s next president, Hassan Rouhani called Israel a “wound” on the Muslim world that must be removed, and urged Iranians to support the rights of Palestinians, Iranian media reported on 2 August. The remarks echoed the strong anti-Israel sentiment of outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “The Zionist regime is a wound that has sat on the body of the Muslim world for years and needs to be removed,” Iran’s student news agency quoted Rouhani as saying at the annual Qods Day rally in support of Palestinian rights.
IRAN’S PRESIDENT-ELECT CALLS ISRAEL ‘WOUND’ ON MUSLIM WORLD
Two days ahead of his inauguration as Iran’s next president, Hassan Rouhani called Israel a “wound” on the Muslim world that must be removed, and urged Iranians to support the rights of Palestinians,
