(Iran International) Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani warned Germany on Saturday that its closure of Tehran-linked Islamic centers will have consequences.
On Wednesday, Germany’s Interior Ministry announced the ban on the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) and its subsidiary organizations, citing their radical Islamist goals and direct control by Tehran. Authorities searched 53 premises across eight German states under a court order.
In a phone call with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Iran’s top diplomat expressed Tehran’s protest at the closure of the Islamic centers, calling it a “politicized, Islamophobic move.”
“The German government must accept the consequences,” Bagheri warned, according to Iran’s readout of the call.
