TEHRAN, July 17 (UPI) -- Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani said Israel will not attack Iran because of fear Iran "will resist more sincerely, more bravely and more powerfully."
Rouhani, speaking to a group of veterans of the eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s Tuesday, echoed statements made in March by Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.