Germany’s closure of Iran’s consulates in the country effectively serves as a “sanction” against Iranians residing in Germany, Tehran said on Friday.
It comes after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday announced that three Iranian consulates would be closed in Germany in response to the execution of German-Iranian dual national Jamshid Sharmahd.
Germans urged to leave Iran
Meanwhile, Germany reiterated its call for citizens in Iran to leave the country and warned others against traveling there.
“We have long had a travel warning for Iran and a request to Germans in Iran to leave the country because we saw from the Jamshid Sharmahd case that Iran is taking German citizens hostage,” foreign office spokesperson Sebastian Fischer said .
