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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) issues a press release on the sidelines of his visit to Bosch. This is the last stop on his trip to India.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that Iranian regime in trouble It appears to be over as mass protests continue across the country.
Speaking to reporters during his visit to India, Merz renewed his calls for Iranian authorities to end their violence against protesters, adding that he hoped for a peaceful end to the escalating crisis.
“If a regime can only stay in power by force, then this is indeed the end. I believe we are now seeing the last days and weeks of this regime,” Merz said in his comments. reported by Sky News.
“In any case, it has no legitimacy through elections among the population. The population is now rising up against this regime,” he added.
Merz’s comments come as Iran grapples with one of its most serious problems widespread anti-government protests in years.
The Iranian government says the prolonged protests are now under control, while human rights groups reported that hundreds of people have been killed by Iranian security forces in recent weeks.
A spokesperson for the Iranian embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
American President Donald Trumpwho said on Monday that any country doing business with Iran will face a 25% tariffhas repeatedly threatened to take military action against Iran if the massacres continue.
The protests, which began at Tehran’s bazaar on December 28, have been fueled by growing frustrations over a long-running economic crisis, particularly the government’s handling of a sharp fall in the national currency and soaring prices.
Speaking on Friday, Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at anti-government protesters, calling them “vandals” acting in Trump’s name by destroying public property.
In a broadcast on national television, reported by Reuters, Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran would not tolerate “mercenaries for foreigners”.
“The Islamic Republic came to power thanks to the blood of hundreds of thousands of honorable people. It will not back down in the face of vandals,” Khamenei said.
The Trump administration is closely monitoring the situation in Iran
OPEC member Iran is a major player in the global oil market.
Crude futures were trading higher Tuesday morning as investors weighed the impact of possible supply disruptions.
Jacob Helberg, US assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, said the Trump administration was monitoring the situation in Iran “very closely” but had not yet considered how it would respond.
“For decades, the Iranian regime has neglected its economy, agriculture, water and electricity in order to squander Iran’s vast wealth on terrorist proxies and nuclear weapons research,” Helberg told CNBC.Access the Middle East” Tuesday.
“Ultimately, their future is in the hands of the Iranian people. The United States, as President Trump has made clear, will not tolerate massacres in the streets,” he added.
