Iran's President Rouhani: Airstrikes in Syria illegal, not OK'd by Assad government
at 11:34 on September 23, 2014, EDT.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes in Syria are illegal because they were not approved by or co-ordinated with Syria's government.
Meeting with a group of senior editors on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly gathering of world leaders, Rouhani stressed that Iran condemns the Islamic State group — although he did not single them out by that name and referred to only as "terrorists"— for trampling on human rights and torturing and killing civilians. He said Iran stands ready to help fight terrorism.
