Overview
- Writer Navid Kermani publicly defended President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s view that the US- and Israeli-led war on Iran breaks international law.
- Kermani said the federal government is dodging a clear legal position and eroding Germany’s image as a defender of the rule of law.
- He urged non-military tools, calling for the federal prosecutor to open cases against those behind the massacre of Iranian protesters earlier this year.
- He warned the campaign will tighten the grip of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, fail to destroy nuclear sites by bombing, and raise the risk of a wider regional war.
- Reaction in Berlin remains split, with CDU/CSU floor leader Jens Spahn criticizing Steinmeier and figures like Michael Kretschmer and AfD co-chair Tino Chrupalla voicing support.