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Tehran tells German chancellor era of unilateral ‘musts’ over
Iran’s ambassador to Germany on Saturday hit back at the German chancellor who has recently stated Iran must return to the negotiating table and open the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the era of unilateral and authoritarian “musts” has ended.
Following a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a post on X said that “Iran must now return to the negotiating table,” “the Strait of Hormuz must be opened,” and “Tehran must not possess nuclear weapons.”
Ambassador Majid Nili responded to the Merz’s post, saying that, “The era of commanding and unilateral ‘musts’ is over.”
“If the aim is pressure and excessive demands, the failed experience of American and Israeli warmongers is there for all to see,” he added.
Rejecting the allegations regarding Iran’s nuclear program, Nili stated, “You know very well that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons. Do not point the finger at the wrong address.”
Addressing German officials directly, he said, “If your concern truly is peace, then as a first step and as a human responsibility, you must condemn the crime of US aggressors targeting elementary school students in Minab.”
As many as 168 people, most of them young schoolchildren, were killed in a US airstrike that targeted a school in the city of Minab in the southern province of Hormozgan on the first day of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
The aggression began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders, including Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
In response to the US-Israeli aggression, Iranian Armed Forces launched daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.
Iran has consistently maintained that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, and that Western claims of an Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons lack any credible evidence.
Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that pressure, threats, and unilateral rhetoric cannot form the basis for constructive and lasting engagement.