Germany’s defense minister on Tuesday cautioned that outside efforts to overthrow Iran’s leadership risk triggering further instability at home and across the region.
"The Iranian people don't want regime change forced by external powers," Boris Pistorius said at a joint press conference with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, following their meeting in Berlin.
"Each of us knows quite well. That always might be the cause of the next problems afterwards. So, whether it happens or not, the Iranian people do obviously not want a regime change from the outside,” he warned.
Pistorius made the remarks in response to reporters' questions about the mass protests in Iran and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's recent statement that Iran’s regime is living through its "final days and weeks."
Kallas condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters and expressed solidarity with pro-democracy demonstrators, but cautioned against unrealistic expectations about the regime's fall.
