Germany orders 3 Iranian consulates to shut after an Iranian German prisoner is executed

Germany to close Iranian consulates over execution

BERLIN — Germany will close the three Iranian consulates on its soil in response to the execution of German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Thursday. “We have repeatedly and unequivocally made it clear to Tehran that the execution of a German citizen will have serious consequences,” Baerbock said, announcing the closure of the consulates in Frankfurt, Munich, and Hamburg in a televised announcement. The executio…

Germany closes 3 Iranian consulates following Iran's execution of German Iranian national

Germany will close three Iranian consulates in response to Iran’s announcement of the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German Iranian national and a U.S. resident, earlier this week. "We have repeatedly and unequivocally made it clear to Tehran that the execution of a German citizen will have serious consequences," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Thursday in announcing the closure of the consulates in Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg…

Berlin shuts down Iranian consulates after Tehran executes German-Iranian national

Germany's ties with Iran reached an all-time low after the country announced the closure of Iranian consulates. The move came following the execution of an Iranian-German national

Germany To Close 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution Of Dual Citizen

Germany will shut all three Iranian consulates in Germany in reaction to the execution of dual German-Iranian citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on October 31.

It is a diplomatic break between Iran and Germany. After the execution in the Islamic Republic of Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and had been captured in Dubai in 2020, Berlin decided to close the Iranian consulates in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. The news was announced by the Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, who then spoke of relations between the two States “at the lowest level ever.” Sharmahd, 69…

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