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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visit the site of a deadly Iranian missile impact days earlier in Beit Shemesh, March 10, 2026. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
March 10, 2026, 8:57 pm
Alongside visiting German FM, Sa’ar says Israel not seeking ‘endless war’ in Iran
Wadephul says Iran ‘not ready’ for diplomatic end to war; Sa’ar warns newly selected Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘no less extremist’ than his father
By Nava Freiberg
A billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on Israel with a Farsi slogan reading 'The missile has fallen amidst the demons,' July 16, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
July 25, 2025, 9:50 am
Iran meets European powers for new nuclear talks amid snapback sanctions threat
German, British and French diplomats in Istanbul to meet Iranian counterparts for first time since war with Israel, as powers weigh reimposing UN sanctions
By AFP
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during the signing ceremony for his book 'The Power of Negotiation' at the Muscat International Book fair in Oman, April 25, 2025. (Haitham AL-SHUKAIRI / AFP)
June 1, 2025, 2:05 pm
Iran warns of retaliation if Europeans make ‘political’ use of UN nuclear reports
FM threatens response to ‘any inappropriate action’ by UK, France, Germany as trio mulls steps after reports show secret nuclear activity and increased uranium enrichment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Yerevan on March 25, 2025. (Karen Minasyan/AFP)
April 24, 2025, 9:54 pm
Iranian foreign minister says country ready for dialogue with UK, France and Germany
Abbas Araghchi writes on X that nuclear program and ‘each and every other area of mutual interest’ on the table; comments come as talks with US set to continue in Muscat
By AFP and ToI Staff
Nahid Tagavi (L), with her daughter Mariam Claren (R), in a photo posted to social media following Tagavi's release from an Iranian prison after four years of detention. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 13, 2025, 5:50 pm
Iran releases German-Iranian activist, as audio recording of French prisoner airs
Women’s rights activist Nahid Taghavi, 70, returns to Germany after four years of detention; Olivier Grondeau, 34, identifies himself in recorded phone call broadcast on French TV
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. (IRIB via AP, File)
June 15, 2024, 6:00 pm
UK, France, Germany slam Iran for expanding nuclear program, ‘hollowing out’ deal
E3 states warn Iran’s new operation of advanced centrifuges, plan for thousands more, pose major proliferation risk; stress ‘especially concerning’ activity at underground facility
By Agencies
Police a synaguardgogue in Essen, Germany, October 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 11, 2023, 7:44 pm
German-Iranian charged over Tehran-directed plans to burn down synagogue
Handler told suspect Babak J. to commit arson attack on temple; he then tried to set fire to adjoining school, also tried to recruit acquaintance
By AFP
In this file photo taken on February 6, 2022, Jamshid Sharmahd, who is accused by the Iranian government of being a leader of the US-based "Tondar terrorist group" behind a deadly attack in Iran in 2008, attends the first hearing of his trial in Tehran. (Koosha MAHSHID FALAHI/MIZAN NEWS AGENCY/AFP)
February 22, 2023, 12:51 pm
Germany expels 2 Iranian diplomats over dual citizen’s death sentence
Berlin declares pair ‘unwanted persons,’ demands Tehran cancel verdict for Jamshid Sharmahd, convicted by revolutionary court of terrorist activities
By AP
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attends a press conference at Lancaster House, in London, January 5, 2023. (Kin Cheung/AP)
January 9, 2023, 8:25 pm
Germany and France summon Iran envoys over executions of protesters
German FM says Iranian ‘oppression and terrorizing’ of population will have consequences; French FM issues ‘firmest condemnation’ of death sentences
By AFP
People attend a protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, October 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic's notorious "morality police." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
December 23, 2022, 7:36 pm
Germany halts guarantees for business with Iran over protest crackdown
Berlin says it has ‘completely’ suspended credit guarantees that were unfrozen as a result of Iranian nuclear deal
By AP
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives for the first day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania, November 29, 2022. (Andreea Alexandru/AP)
December 12, 2022, 2:44 pm
Germany slams Iran executions as blatant attempt to intimidate protesters
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says demonstrators committing no crime, just want to live in freedom; EU eyes ‘tough package of sanctions’ after latest death penalties
By Agencies
Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference in Frankfurt on November 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
December 1, 2022, 6:15 pm
Iran said suspected of attacks on German synagogues, threat to local Jewish leader
Report says authorities believe German-Iranian man who fled country has operational command over Revolutionary Guard plots in Germany
By ToI Staff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a press conference on October 31, 2022 in Berlin.(Carsten Koall/AFP)
October 31, 2022, 5:59 pm
Germany’s Scholz: EU weighing further sanctions on Iran for crackdown on protests
Chancellor decries ‘excessive violence of the security forces,’ day after his foreign minister said bloc is considering labeling the Revolutionary Guards a terror group
By AFP
Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
August 4, 2021, 4:09 pm
German-Iranian activist sentenced to 10 years in Iranian jail, daughter says
Nahid Taghavi, 66, a human rights activist, was given 10 years for membership in an illegal group
By AFP
File: Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
April 12, 2021, 1:42 pm
After Natanz incident, EU warns against attempts to ‘undermine’ nuclear talks
Germany says reported sabotage at facility ‘not positive’ for negotiations in Vienna, as sides set to reconvene Tuesday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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