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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) helium assumes Iran’s leadership is successful its “final days and weeks” arsenic it faces wide protests.
Demonstrations successful Iran have evolved from complaints astir dire economic hardships to calls for the autumn of the clerical constitution successful the Islamic Republic.
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“I presume that we are present witnessing the last days and weeks of this regime,” Mr. Merz said during a trip to India, questioning the Iranian leadership’s legitimacy.
“When a authorities tin lone support powerfulness done violence, past it is efficaciously astatine its end. The population is present rising up against this regime.”
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Mr. Merz said Germany was successful adjacent interaction with the United States and chap European governments connected the concern successful Iran, and urged Tehran to extremity its deadly crackdown connected protesters.
He did not remark connected Germany’s commercialized ties with Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Monday (January 12, 2026) that immoderate country that does concern with Iran will look a tariff complaint of 25% connected commercialized with the United States.
Germany maintains constricted commercialized relations with Iran contempt important restrictions, making Berlin Tehran’s astir important trading spouse successful the European Union.
German exports to Iran fell 25% to conscionable nether 871 cardinal euros ($1.02 billion) successful the archetypal 11 months of 2025, representing little than 0.1% of full German exports, according to national statistic bureau information seen by Reuters on Tuesday (January 13, 2026).
