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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Iran-Germany relations

The scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, in Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2020. (Fars News Agency via AP); Inset: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
November 5, 2024, 2:54 pm
Iran sentences 3 to death over 2020 killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Judiciary also says German-Iranian citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, jailed for pro-monarchist ‘terrorist acts,’ died before planned execution that soured Tehran-Berlin relations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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)
October 29, 2024, 2:41 pm
Germany recalls ambassador from Iran, protesting execution of Iranian-German prisoner
Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen and US resident, put to death on charges related to a 2008 bombing; Germany calls his trial a ‘sham’ and his execution ‘a murder’
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian demonstrators flash the victory sign as they hold an Iranian flag and a model of a bullet during an anti-Israeli gathering at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 14, 2024, 3:19 pm
Iran chides UK, French, German envoys for ‘irresponsible stance’ to strikes on Israel
As Iran’s foreign ministry lambasts European countries for ‘double standards,’ Russia backs Tehran’s claim of self-defense, expresses ‘extreme concern’ over ‘dangerous escalation’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police officers secure a synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, November 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
December 20, 2023, 12:24 am
Berlin summons Iran envoy after court finds ties to 2022 synagogue arson plot
Judge said attack was planned with help of Iranian state agencies; foreign ministry says it ‘will not tolerate foreign-controlled violence in Germany,’ will consider next steps
By AFP and ToI Staff
Jamshid Sharmahd, from Glendora, California, in an undated photograph provided by the family. (Sharmahd family via AP)
April 26, 2023, 7:04 pm
Iran upholds German dual national’s death sentence; Berlin says it’s ‘unacceptable’
Jamshid Sharmahd accused of leading armed opposition group, instigating April 2008 attack in Shiraz killing 14 people; Germany claims trial unfair, calls for reversal
By Agencies
Jamshid Sharmahd, from Glendora, California, in an undated photograph provided by the family. (Sharmahd family via AP)
February 21, 2023, 5:26 pm
Iran sentences to death German citizen whose family says he was abducted in Dubai
Jamshid Sharmahd, a US resident, is convicted of ties to deadly 2008 bombing of mosque, accused of trying to contact Israel’s Mossad; supporters dismiss all charges as fabrication
By Stuart Williams
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
January 17, 2023, 6:19 pm
Iran said to arrest German national for photographing oil sites
Berlin says looking into report citizen detained, a day after summoning Tehran’s envoy to condemn execution of British-Iranian accused of spying
By AFP
Illustrative: People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022, in New York City (SPENCER PLATT / Getty Images via AFP)
January 16, 2023, 7:33 pm
Germany summons Iran envoy for second time in days over ‘wave of executions’
Move comes days after Tehran said it had put to death British-Iranian national who allegedly spied for UK, drawing strong condemnation from Western governments and rights groups
By AFP
Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images)
December 10, 2022, 6:10 pm
Iran again summons UK, German envoys amid anti-regime protests
Western diplomats in Tehran called in 15 times in recent weeks over what officials say is ‘unprecedented pressure against Iran’
By AFP
A general view taken on November 24, 2022, shows the assembly during a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Iran, at the United Nations in Geneva. (Valentin Flauraud/AFP)
November 25, 2022, 5:53 pm
Iran blasts ‘useless’ UN rights probe into deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests
Tehran says investigation, backed by majority of Human Rights Council, is ‘violation of sovereignty’ and a ‘strategic error by Germany and certain Western countries’
By AFP
FILE -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
November 12, 2022, 3:01 pm
Germany’s Scholz warns Iran that more EU sanctions coming
Chancellor slams Tehran for bloody crackdown on protests, says Iranian government ‘solely responsible for this spate of violence’
By AP
Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (This photo was taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran)
October 30, 2022, 11:49 pm
EU considering listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror group, says Berlin
As Tehran continues to crack down on demonstrations, German foreign minister says European Union ‘examining how we can list’ IRGC as terror organization
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, June 16, 2020. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
June 20, 2020, 4:19 am
Iran’s Zarif calls European countries ‘accessories’ to US, Israel
Iranian foreign minister levels accusation against UK, France and Germany after they back a UN arms embargo extension against Tehran
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
June 17, 2020, 9:27 pm
German intelligence said to warn Iran still seeking nuclear weapons
Fox News cites report by Baden-Württemberg spy agency saying Iran, other states are seeking to ‘complete existing arsenals… and develop new weapon systems’
By ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, right, meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, during the 56th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. (Thomas Kienzle/Pool via AP)
February 18, 2020, 12:16 pm
Iran says German freed in prisoner swap
Unidentified man was serving 3-year prison sentence for ‘taking photos and videos’ in unauthorized places; exchanged for Iranian wanted by US for violating sanctions
By AFP
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