Hassan Rouhani

Rouhani rejects Iranian WhatsApp ban

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has rejected a plan to ban the free text-messaging service WhatsApp.

Iran’s foreign minister: Iran will not be demonized by Holocaust denial accusations

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a parliament session broadcast live nationally reiterated his condemnations of the Holocaust and said he will not allow Iran to be demonized by accusations of Holocaust denial.

Rouhani: Iran seeks dialogue, not war

Striking a moderate tone toward the West, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a military parade that his country seeks dialogue instead of war.

Israel

Jewish groups slam latest Khameini Holocaust denial

Israel

Rouhani reportedly donates to Tehran Jewish hospital

Global

Iranian president’s Davos speech has Netanyahu talking deception

Culture

Jon Stewart: After Congress, Iran and Israel, Justin Bieber doesn’t seem so bad

Israel

Peres says he would meet with Iran’s Rouhani

Israel

Netanyahu, after Kerry parley, decries push to lower enrichment of Iran nukes

United States

Lew: Sanctions relief may be ‘proportionate’

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