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Germany’s Merz says he shared concerns over Iranian power plant attacks with Trump
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that he had spoken to US President Donald Trump on Sunday and expressed his concerns about threatened attacks on Iran’s power plants.
“I am grateful that he said today that he is postponing them for another five days and is now also opening the possibility for immediate and direct contact with the Iranian leadership,” says Merz at a press conference in Berlin.
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