Teheran's ultra-conservative newspaper Hamshahri published images of thirteen Western politicians "wanted" for the death of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, along with a statement claiming the politicians would pay the ultimate price. Among the politicians was German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU).
In addition to Merz, it also featured US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among others. In the images, all of them are wearing orange prison uniforms, as are common in US prisons.
Since late February, many European countries have supported the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, for example, by giving them permission to fly through their airspace.
Merz in early March: 'The mullah regime is coming to an end'
After US and Israeli attacks on Iran began in early March, Merz said that the German government shared the relief felt by many Iranians that this regime was now coming to an end. He went on to say: "We share the interest of the United States and Israel in seeing an end to this regime's terror and its dangerous nuclear and ballistic armament." Thus far, however, the regime remains in power.US launches new wave of strikes on IranTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
