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Iranian ‘regime’s days are numbered,’ German leader Merz says
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a statement at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, after a hotly contested pensions bill passed Germany's Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, on December 5, 2025. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that the Iranian government’s “days are numbered” as US President Donald Trump renews threats of intervention after a bloody crackdown on protests in the country.
“A regime that can only hold onto power through sheer violence and terror against its own population: its days are numbered,” Merz tells journalists at a press conference alongside Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.
“It could be a matter of weeks but this regime has no legitimacy to govern the country,” Merz adds.
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