The Department of Foreign Affairs has said any Irish person in Iraq should ‘leave immediately’.
The remains of the vehicle outside Baghdad airport following the US airstrike. Image: DPA/PA Images The remains of the vehicle outside Baghdad airport following the US airstrike. Image: DPA/PA Images THE DEPARTMENT OF Foreign Affairs has called for ‘maximum restraint’ in the Middle East following the US airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general.
In a statement last night, which didn’t mention the US or Iran specifically, the EU’s High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell urged “maximum restraint” in the region. The airstrike that killed Soleimani took place two days after a non-fatal attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad and almost a week after further US airstrikes that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed militia in Iraq.
The department also urges Irish citizens to be aware of the three-day mourning period currently in place in Iran following the killing of Soleimani.
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