Araghtschi said on X that Steinmeier deserved recognition “for condemning the violations against the Iranians.” Anyone who values ​​the rule of law should also raise their voices.

Steinmeier: “In my opinion, this is contrary to international law”

Steinmeier had previously the Iran war started by Israel and the USA described it as a “politically fatal mistake” and classified it as “in my opinion contrary to international law”. According to his account, the justification for an allegedly imminent attack on the USA not.

From Araghtschi’s point of view, international law is dead in practice. He blamed this on “double standards of the West”. Gaza war and its silence on the American-Israeli attack on Iran.

The current foreign minister was part of the Iranian nuclear negotiation team in Vienna in 2015 as deputy foreign minister. At that time he met Steinmeier, who was German Foreign Minister at the time, several times.