New "moderate" Iranian president: Israel is an "old wound" that should be removed

Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said Rohani spoke after taking part in an annual “Quds Day” pro-Palestine rally in Tehran on Friday.

The report quoted Rohani as saying: “The Zionist regime has been a wound on the body of the Islamic world for years and the wound should be removed.”

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Rohani won a landslide victory in Iran’s June 14 presidential election. He replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday.

Rohani has pledged to follow a “path of moderation” and promised greater openness over Iran’s nuclear program, which has placed it at odds with the West.

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