Taoiseach On Letter Of Irish President To Iranian President

Taoiseach Simon Harris declares the letter of Irish President, Michael D Higgins to the Iranian president a “normal diplomatic protocol”. Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin have spoken in support of the letter in which disputes about Israel and its future strategies were written.

Regarding the Israeli embassy in Dublin and its disputes, the Irish president wrote to the recently elected Iranian president. The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins alleged the Israeli embassy who had circulated the letter that he had written to the new President, Masoud Pezeshkian.

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As a response, the Israeli embassy said that the allegations were “highly inflammatory and potentially slanderous” and thoroughly denied them.

However, criticising President Higgins for having written the letter to the new Iranian President in which it mentioned Israel as a “threat” to the Middle East and its human rights raises a question mark. It appears that Israel knows the details of the letter and could possibly have circulated it, Higgins said.

Israeli embassy further added, “It is the burden of the author to defend its content, which did not mention the threat Iran poses in the region, that it calls for Israel’s destruction, that it arms and funds terrorist organisations like Hamas and Hezbollah, not to mention the violations of human rights against its own citizens”.

The Taoiseach declares Israel’s mannerisms “horrific” as it has been allowing severe demolishing of humanitarian rights since October 7. The Taoiseach explained that Israel should focus on other things rather than “amplifying, circulating or referencing a letter”, which the Taoiseach truly knows was a simple “normal diplomatic protocol” between the heads of the state.

Simon Harris doubtful about Israel’s take on letter of Irish President

Simon Harris was sceptical about Israel’s concern over the death of more than 14,000 children in Gaza instead of 20,000 that are either missing or assumed to be dead. He was of the view that his thoughts were only about the “humanitarian catastrophe” going on for almost a year now rather than the exchange of letters between the heads of the states, unlike Israel.

The Taoiseach declares that getting into the details of a tit-for-tat strategy that Israel is following, not thinking once about the children and people dying on a daily basis, and several have been deprived of the basic facilities for survival and medical aid, is not what he is here for.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin also explained that rather than getting into the details of the letter of Irish President, which is a general gesture that countries exchange once the new head of the leader of the region arrives, is not the issue at hand. It was only meant to be a diplomatic move and the countries need to be diplomatic at such critical times where a resolution of ceasefire is demanded on a global level, they said.

Both of the leaders clarified the purpose of the letter was to make a request to Iran to make peace and bring an end to the conflict. It was an appeal to Iran since their new president arrived who could give a thought to the situation at hand and prevent it from escalating.

Mr Martin explained that criticism from the Israeli embassy about the letter was unwanted as it was unfair. It was a letter of motivation to the Iranian president so that the war situation could be alleviated on humanitarian grounds.

Mr Ma rti n expressed his doubts over how and why the letter was circulated but still wanted to elucidate that the tone of diplomacy was maintained throughout the letter, which is a political norm so that channels of communication remain open.