{"id":806182,"date":"2026-03-05T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/806182\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:32:14","slug":"foreign-minister-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/806182\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign minister \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany said Thursday it will not join US and Israeli strikes against Iran and ruled out supporting concrete measures aimed at regime change in the country, Anadolu reports.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told reporters in Berlin that while Germany hopes for a democratic future for Iran, such a change must come from the Iranian people themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany is not participating in this war. And that will remain the case,\u201d Wadephul told reporters. \u201cWe are also not participating in any concrete measures for regime change in any country, including Iran,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative politician said Germany maintains contact with Iranian opposition groups and stands with the Iranian people against what he called the regime\u2019s oppressive measures. However, he emphasized that Berlin cannot dictate Iran\u2019s political future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260301-german-chancellor-reaffirms-support-to-us-israeli-attacks-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German chancellor reaffirms support to US-Israeli attacks on Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are dependent on the Iranian people themselves ultimately being in a position to take their fate into their own hands and perhaps overcome this regime,\u201d Wadephul said. \u201cBut for obvious reasons, there can be no government measures from Germany to this end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s top diplomat condemned Iran for its retaliatory strikes across the region and urged Tehran to halt its attacks. Wadephul said he would hold a video conference later on Thursday with EU counterparts and Gulf state officials to discuss the latest developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn the Iranian attacks\u2014not only against the Gulf states, but also the threat to Cyprus as an EU member, and, as recent reports show, against T\u00fcrkiye yesterday and Azerbaijan today,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260305-the-war-being-rewritten-and-the-lesson-no-one-wants-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The War Being Rewritten\u2026 and the Lesson No One Wants to Learn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany said Thursday it will not join US and Israeli strikes against Iran and ruled out supporting concrete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-806182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116178003223692820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}