Iran vehemently defended its assault on Israel, labelling it as a justified and balanced reaction to the hit on its consulate in Syria. In these inflammatory conditions, Iran cautioned about the risk of intensified retaliation should the skirmishes escalate further.
The Iranian embassy, based in Dublin, voiced disappointment over the United Nations Security Council’s lack of censure towards the Israeli airstrike, claiming it had resulted in the deaths of seven military personnel. The embassy held the United States, the United Kingdom, and France liable for obstructing such condemnation.
Further elaborating on the situation, Iran reported that it initiated a sequential raid on the Israeli military base responsible for launching F35 bombers used in the aggression on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. The Iranian embassy in Dublin labelled this counteroffensive justifiable and appropriate, laying blame on the UN Security Council’s failure to rebuke Israel’s assault on its consulate in Syria.
With Europe siding with the US and UN in advising Israel to restrain its military attacks, the embassy clarified that Iran saw this issue as settled, but warned that the country wouldn’t hesitate to respond to any further hostility by Israel.
It was reported that a considerable number of Iranian nationals were killed by Israel recently, both within and outside Iran. The statement emphasised that Iran is not seeking to ratchet up the conflict in Gaza.
Dr. Kazem Sharif Kazemi, deputy head of Iran’s embassy in Ireland, reached out to the US and others prior to Saturday’s concentrated strike on Israel. A total of 330-plus projectiles were launched towards Israel that night, in retribution for Israel’s aggressive act on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria earlier in April.
Iran aimed for transparency, ensuring the US and other nations were kept on the loop about its intended attack on Israel. Rejecting any notion of a stealth operation, Kazemi expressed that Iran gave the UN Security Council nearly two weeks to make decisions and express condemnation towards the early April attack on its Damascus-based embassy.
The attack was mutually agreed upon within Iran to be finite and minor, expecting a blockade from the US and its allies. Over the past six months, Iran has exercised restraint and patience, even as its citizens fell victim to air strikes in Syria.
In a recent discussion on ‘News at One’ on RTÉ, it was said that Iran’s diplomatic mission is under attack and criticised. All military operations are reportedly over. However, it was noted that should there be a backlash, Iran ‘wouldn’t hesitate longer than 12 days to respond,’ he added.
Simon Harris, Taoiseach, has vividly disapproved Iran’s ‘indiscriminate and large-scale assault against Israel.’ He appealed for everyone involved to exercise self-control now to prevent further military action and the disaster that would follow. Government deputy Micheál Martin called the magnitude and severity of the attack an ‘outright danger’ to global peace and security, asserting it to be ‘wholly intolerable.’
He expressed it contributes nothing to the Palestinian people’s cause or to the alleviation of suffering in Gaza.