elect Hassan Rowhani (C) takes part in a parade marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day, in Tehran, on August 2, 2013. Rowhani meets Iran's supreme leader on Saturday to be endorsed as the country's seventh president a day after making controversial comments about the Islamic republic's ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem July 28, 2013./ (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani had shown his true face after he was quoted as saying Israel was a "wound" that ...
Iranian cleric Hassan Rouhani will become Iran's seventh president Sunday, succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the country's highest elected official. He will assume the office in a ceremony presided over by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. On the eve of taking office, Rouhani was at ...
Iran's student news agency on Friday corrected a story in which it had quoted President-elect Hassan Rouhani as saying Israel was a "wound" on the body of the Muslim world that must be removed. "Earlier some internal news agencies, including ISNA, had presented Mr. Rouhani as saying the Zionist ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president-elect called Israel's control of Jerusalem and Palestinian lands a "wound" for the Islamic world in relatively moderate remarks Friday that contrasted with the harsh rhetoric of his predecessor and other Iranian leaders. Speaking to reporters during an annual ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency says it misquoted the country's president-elect Hasan Rouhani. ISNA reported Friday that Rouhani said "the Zionist regime has been a wound on the body of the Islamic world for years and the wound should be removed" in remarks ahead of his ...
elect Hasan Rouhani, center with white turban, attends an Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day annual pro-Palestinian rally in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2, 2013./ Ahead of his inauguration, Iran's new president on Friday reportedly called Israel an "old wound" that should be removed, but the latter half of that ...
A picture taken on June 17, 2013 shows Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani waving as he attends a press conference in Tehran. Rowhani says Israel is a foreign body that must be removed, and also cast doubt on efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians./ Iran's president-elect Hassan ...
In this Sunday, July 14, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani, center, arrives for a meeting with lawmakers at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian president's inner circle brings more than new names to the Islamic ...
elect Hassan Rohani speaks with the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013./ (Reuters) - Iran's president-elect, cleric Hassan Rouhani, on Friday called Israel a "wound" that must be removed, Iranian media reported, two days ahead of his inauguration. "The Zionist regime is a ...
Iranians march to mark the anti-Israel Quds Day/ Iranian news agencies have stirred up controversy and confusion regarding remarks Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani, made about Israel. The ISNA and Mehr news agencies quoted Rohani on August 2 as saying that "The Zionist regime has been a ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president-elect called Israel's control of Jerusalem and Palestinian lands a "wound" for the Islamic world in relatively moderate remarks Friday that contrasted with the harsh rhetoric of his predecessor and other Iranian leaders. Speaking to reporters during an annual ...
elect, Hassan Rouhani, joined crowds gathered in Tehran to mark Quds Day in solidarity with Palestinians./ JERUSALEM – Even before he has been officially inaugurated, Iran's newly elected president, , got a lesson in the power of his words in a region known for hot rhetoric./ Rouhani was quoted ...
In this Sunday, July 14, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani, center, arrives for a meeting with lawmakers at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian president's inner circle brings more than new names to the Islamic ...
Office of the President-elect, Mohammad Berno/Associated Press - In this Sunday, July 14, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani, center, arrives for a meeting with lawmakers at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian ...
On the eve of taking office, Iran's President-elect Hassan Rouhani on Friday was at the center of controversy over remarks he reportedly made about Israel. The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) first reported that Mr. Rouhani called Israel a "wound" that "has sat on the body of the Muslim ...
- Iran's new president has called Israel an "old wound" that should be removed in comments published just two days ahead of his inauguration./ Iranians attend an annual pro-Palestinian rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Ahead of his inauguration, Iran's ...
Iran's president-elect on Friday said Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands was a "wound" on the Muslim world, in remarks shown on state television that differed sharply from an earlier local news agency report on his comments. The student news agency ISNA had quoted Rouhani as saying: "The ...
Iran's new president has called Israel an "old wound" that should be removed in comments published just two days ahead of his inauguration. Hasan Rouhani's remarks about Israel — his country's archenemy — echo those of other Iranian leaders. Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says Rouhani ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani had shown his true face on Friday after he was quoted as saying Israel was a "wound" that must be removed. "The true face of Rouhani has been revealed sooner than expected ... this is what ...
Iran's foreign ministry says possible new U.S. sanctions will not change Tehran's nuclear policy, but could complicate talks with world powers. Thursday's state TV report follows U.S. House passage of calls to tighten sanctions on Iran's oil sector, which already is under major pressures from ...
ranking cleric Hassan Rowhani meets Iran's Supreme Leader on Saturday to be endorsed as the country's seventh president, a day after making controversial comments about the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel. After his surprise election win in June, the 64-year-old seen as a/ moderate assumes ...
Hassan Rohani is set to become Iran's new president with an endorsement from the Islamic Republic's supreme leader on Saturday and a swearing-in ceremony on Sunday. Many hope that Rohani, a moderate cleric, can help ease tensions with the West./ Hassan Rohani on Saturday will be endorsed as the ...
In this Sunday, July 14, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of Iranian President-elect Hasan Rouhani, Rouhani, center, arrives for a meeting with lawmakers at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian president's inner circle brings more than new names to the Islamic ...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a sermon at Tehran University, on August 2, 2013. Ahmadinejad has warned arch-foe Israel in one of his last public speeches that a regional storm was brewing that would "uproot" the Jewish state./ Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned ...
Families embraced loved ones who were returned from Israeli prison/ Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to be reunited with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The release involved ...
affiliated security forces have been deployed across Gaza to oversee the transition following Israeli withdrawal/ At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal ...
The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory - though troops still occupy half of the ...
A ceasefire deal has taken effect in Gaza that should see Hamas release all the 48 Israeli and foreign hostages it is still holding after two years of war, 20 of whom are assumed to be alive. All but one were among the 251 people abducted during the Palestinian group's attack on southern Israel ...
Even for Donald Trump, a president who revels in his place at the centre of world events, it was a dramatic moment. The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupted a televised meeting Trump was chairing in Washington DC on Wednesday. He handed over a message that the President needed to tell ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...
The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers. The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place for courting couples, eager to avoid Gaza's socially conservative gaze. But the road nicknamed "Lovers' ...
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in recent months/ "In these two years, I lost so much," says Emaan al-Wahidi. She is living in a rented garage, struggling each day to find food and clean water, and has been displaced multiple times. Her ...
Israel's devastating military response to the 7 October attacks has destroyed most of Gaza/ After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is ...
Israel's foreign ministry posted a photo of Thunberg walking through Ben Gurion airport/ Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza ...