The diplomatic crisis between Germany and Iran intensifies
Iran declared two diplomats from the German Embassy in Tehran persona non grata.
In a written statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kenani announced that the German ambassador in Tehran has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry. Kenani stated that following the “interventionist and irresponsible actions of Iran’s internal affairs” by the Berlin administration, 2 German diplomats in the country were declared persona non grata and this situation was conveyed to the German ambassador.
Stating that Iran’s priority is always to maintain relations within the framework of mutual respect, Kenani said, “In case some parties want to ignore our country’s principles and national sovereignty, it is inevitable to define alternative options.”
THE EXECUTION DECISION BECAME A CRISIS
On February 21, Iran sentenced to death Jamshid Sharmahd, a dual Iranian and German national, allegedly the leader of a US-based anti-regime organization and accused of “organizing terrorist acts” in the country. Germany, in reaction to the February 22 decision, summoned Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in Berlin to the Foreign Ministry and declared 2 Iranian Embassy employees persona non grata and asked them to leave the country.
Iran accused Germany of meddling in the country’s internal affairs.
The Mizan news agency, affiliated with the Iranian judiciary, reported that Jamshid Sharmahd, who is allegedly the leader of the US-based anti-regime group known as “Tonder” and the “Assembly of the Kingdom of Iran”, was tried by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on February 21, where he tried to “distort the world by planning and directing terrorist acts,” announced that he was sentenced to death on charges of
The organization in question was accused of organizing some armed actions and sabotage across the country with the terrorist attack that killed 14 people and injured 215 people in the city of Shiraz on April 12, 2008.
The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced that it had captured Sharmahd, an Iranian-German dual national known to have resided in the US since 2003, abroad and brought him to the country in July 2020. His family For his part, he announced that Sharmahd was “kidnapped” in the United Arab Emirates and taken to Iran. (AA)