‘I did not use the word leaked’: President has no regrets over comments about Israeli embassy [Video]

PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins has said he does not regret comments he made on Sunday about the Israeli embassy circulating a letter he wrote to the Iranian President.

Speaking to reporters in New York today, the President said it was very unusual that the Israeli embassy would compose a letter “condemning the President of Ireland for having issued a letter to the incoming president of Iran”.

In a heated press conference, the President was asked to clarify if he believed Israel had leaked the letter he wrote to the Iranian president following comments he made yesterday.

In the exchange with reporters on Sunday, it had been put to Higgins that he sounded as if he had a suspicion about how the letter was made public, to which the President replied “not at all, I know how it became public. It’s for you to find out.”

When a reporter then said “it sounds like you …