Germany’s top diplomat on Sunday demanded that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and abandon its nuclear weapons program in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
"I emphasized that Germany supports a negotiated solution," Johann Wadephul said in a post on X about the call.
"As a close U.S. ally, we share the same goal: Iran must completely and verifiably renounce nuclear weapons and immediately open the Strait of Hormuz, as also demanded" by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Wadephul said.
In recent days, Wadephul and other German officials have been trying to ease a spat between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Merz said on April 27 that Iran was "humiliating" Washington at the negotiating table, which provoked a series of angry responses from Washington.
