Iran's Araghchi: Germany 'has turned into an engine of regression'

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2026-02-05

Tehran (dpa) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi again blasted Germany on Thursday, a day after Chancellor Friedrich Merz threatened Tehran with new sanctions if it does not end violence against its population and halt work on its military nuclear programme. "Germany was once the engine of Europe's progress; now it has turned into an engine of regression," Araghchi said in a post on social media platform X, in which he also accused Merz of......

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