India, March 24 -- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday sharply criticised the US-Israeli war on Iran as a violation of international law, saying there is "no reason" for Germany to align itself with the administration of US President Donald Trump.

The conflict was "a politically disastrous mistake" and "a truly avoidable, unnecessary war, if its aim was to stop Iran on the path to an atomic bomb", Steinmeier told an audience attending an event in Berlin marking the 75th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Foreign Office after World War II.

Iran had never been further away from nuclear armament than after the 2015 nuclear deal, he said. Steinmeier was involved in that agreement as foreign minister at the time. Trum...