Hassan Rouhani

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (third from left), accompanied by Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (second from left) looks at a "Mohajer-4" Iran-made drone while visiting a defense industry display in Tehran. (Associated Press)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran in this Friday, April 3, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani briefs media prior to departing Mehrabad airport to attend the United Nations General Assembly, in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani said Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, that ongoing nuclear negotiations with world powers are a matter of "heart," not just centrifuges ahead of talks next week in Geneva. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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In a clear dig at global leader Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Wednesday angrily denounced what he called a "conspiracy against the Muslim world" in the cartel's failure to cut back production even as prices have plunged. (Associated Press)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a debate on a vote of confidence for his choice for new minister of Science, Research and Technology Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, in an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a news conference in New York on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. In his wide-ranging speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, Rouhani warned that Islamic terrorists were creating chaos in the Mideast to destroy civilization and generate anti-Muslim hatred, saying they wanted to create "a fertile ground for further intervention of foreign forces in our region." He also said a nuclear agreement was possible before the November deadline if the West wants a deal and shows flexibility. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Rouhani declined to answer a question about a detained Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is facing public calls by his countrymen to provide air defense to protect Hamas against Israeli forces conducting airstrikes. It remains unclear how much he is taking the comments to heart, sources say. (AP)