Tehran, May 19 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry came out swinging against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday, accusing Berlin of applying double standards when it comes to international law, particularly after Merz publicly condemned what he described as Iranian airstrikes on the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear facility while justifying US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei pointed directly at what he called glaring hypocrisy from Western nations. "Open attacks by the United States and the Israeli regime on Iran's secured nuclear facilities do not provoke condemnation, but rather excuses and justifications," he wrote.
Baghaei also took aim at the nature of the accusations themse...