Iran hits back as Germany’s chancellor says leadership facing ‘final days’
Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns that a government relying on violence is ‘effectively finished’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi blasted Germany on Tuesday, after Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that the leadership in Tehran might be days away from being toppled by the mass protests gripping the country.
“Germany should end its unlawful interference in our region,” Araghchi wrote on X.
“Of all governments, the one in Germany is perhaps the worst placed to address ‘human rights.’ The reason is simple: its blatant double-standards over the past years have obliterated any shred of credibility,” he charged, citing German support for Israel during the Gaza war.
Merz on Tuesday found clear words regarding the future of the Islamic Republic, where security forces have responded with a deadly crackdown to suppress what have become the most severe protests against the government in several years.
“If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it is effectively finished,” Merz said during a visit to Bengaluru in India. “I assume that we may now be witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime.”