The former Union candidate for chancellor also warned against fixating on this point now. “I mean, Iran has been violating international law in everything it has been doing for forty years. It finances Hezbollah, it finances the Houthis, it supported Assad, it massacres its own population, it threatens the entire region, it builds nuclear weapons without anyone intervening,” Laschet listed. And now, of all times, when people in Iran were cheering the death of the ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the streets, debates about international law were being held in this country, Laschet complained.
“‘Please don’t come at us with international law now!'” is what she hears from the many Iranians with whom she is in contact and who are happy about the weakening of the regime, confirmed the German-Iranian journalist Natalie Amiri. The long-time head of the ARD studio in Tehran also explained what the fatigue strategy that those in power are now pursuing and what the population is most afraid of.
The government’s goal is, firstly, to attack US military bases in neighboring countries so that they can influence Donald Trump to stop hostilities. Secondly, it is about increasing the number of American victims in order to increase domestic political pressure on the US President. Thirdly, Iran is trying to push Israel and the US armed forces stationed in the Gulf to their limits in terms of ammunition, the journalist explained.
If the mullahs’ regime were to succeed in this, they believe it would be a nightmare for the people of Iran. “Then the population would be alone with this wounded, angry regime,” feared Namiri and chose a particularly impressive comparison to describe the situation. You have to imagine it like the wife of a very violent man who finally manages to call the police. “And the police are at the door and the man can convince them that everything is okay in the house, and the police leave again and the man turns around and says: ‘So, now I’ll settle accounts with you!'” the journalist concluded her description.
In contrast, the pessimistic picture that Carsten Maschmeyer painted of the state and future prospects of the German economy seemed almost harmless. The manager was sure that Trump basically wanted to take over the world and that Europe only had a chance if it faced him with unity and strength.
