Iran's President Hassan Rohani speaks during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York September 26, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Keith Bedford
Rouhani: ‘This Festering Zionist Tumor Has Opened Once Again’ -- Washington Free Beacon
Iranian president adopts violent rhetoric towards Israel
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at Israel in vitriolic terms on Wednesday, referring to Israel as a “festering Zionist tumor.”
Rouhani, who has been championed by Western media as a moderate reformer who could change Iran’s extremist ways, appears to be adopting a violent tone similar to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has advocated for the complete destruction of Israel in recent days.
“Today, this festering Zionist tumor has opened once again and has turned the land of olives into destruction and blood and littered the land with the body parts of Palestinian children,” Rouhani was quoted as saying in a statement that was translated by the Brookings Institution.
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Update: Iran’s Rouhani: Israel, Islamic State are ‘tumors derived from the same origin’ -- Washington Times
My Comment: And this is the person that the U.S. thinks it can do a nuclear deal with?
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