Germany has announced it will shut down all three of its Iranian consulates following the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian dual citizen. This decision was revealed by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a press conference on Thursday.
Sharmahd was executed in Iran on Monday. He had been accused of planning terrorist acts, including a deadly bombing at a mosque in Shiraz back in 2008 that killed 14 people and injured 200. The Iranian government claimed he was leading a group of exiles from the U.S. who wanted to overthrow Iran’s ruling government and restore the monarchy that was in power before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. After living in the U.S. for many years, he was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 and then taken to Iran for trial.
Baerbock expressed her anger at the execution, stating, “We have repeatedly and unequivocally made it clear to Tehran that the execution of a German citizen will have serious consequences.” She emphasized that ...
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