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Araghchi responds to Merz: No red lines anymore
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country would no longer abide by any red lines, responding to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s call for a diplomatic solution and remarks about Europe’s losses from rising energy prices.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country would no longer abide by any red lines, responding to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s remarks about the war with Iran.
Araghchi recalled Merz’s welcome last year for US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, stressing that the €100 billion cited by the German chancellor “cannot be compared with the decisive and devastating response” that Iran’s armed forces would deliver to anyone who violates the country’s sovereignty.
Merz: Military solution is not an option
On Friday, at the end of his visit to South Korea, Merz called on the parties to the conflict to prioritize diplomacy, saying: “I urge all parties to the conflict to recognize that a military solution is not an option.”
The German chancellor said his country had vital economic interests in ending the conflict, noting that rising energy prices had cost Europe more than €100 billion.
Fears of renewed strikes
The remarks come amid speculation that US strikes on Iran could resume, as US reports said Washington had warned its Gulf allies of possible strikes after November 3, the date of the US midterm elections.
Meanwhile, Qatari and Pakistani mediation efforts to revive negotiations between Washington and Tehran are continuing, with Qatari mediators returning to Doha alongside the Iranian negotiating team to resume talks.
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