Merz's coalition partner queries US and Israeli goals in Iran

NAMPA / DPA

2026-03-01

Berlin (dpa) - A senior member of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the junior partner of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition government, called on Sunday for the United States and Israeli to justify their attacks on Iran. "The Israeli government has justified the military intervention as a preventive reaction. But doubts will remain for as long as they do not make their evidence public," Rolf Mützenich, an SPD foreign policy spokesman t......

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