“The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result.An entire nation [USA] is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.”
— Merz quoted referring to 2026 Iran war in "Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Trump warns of more 'cuts'", BBC News (May 2, 2026).

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“The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result.An entire nation [USA] is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.”
— Merz quoted referring to 2026 Iran war in "Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Trump warns of more 'cuts'", BBC News (May 2, 2026).

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