Rouhani: Israel is 'illegitimate'

Iran believes that state of Israel is “illegitimate” and believes in a “one-state solution”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared Wednesday.

In an interview on France 2 television ahead of his upcoming visit to Paris, Rouhani said that "the current State of Israel is not legitimate. That is why we have no relationship with them because we do not consider the state as legitimate.”