“We appreciate any German effort to help de-escalate the situation,” she said.
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concern about the growing tensions with Iran and warned against further escalating the situation.
On May 22, the acting head of the Pentagon, Patrick Shanghai, announced that the United States does not plan to fight with Iran, but will defend its interests in the Middle East.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif noted that the United States is playing a “dangerous game,” increasing its military presence in the Persian Gulf.
In turn, the orientalist Gumer Isaev, in an interview with NSN, commented on Tehran’s decision to cease the implementation of certain points of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan on the nuclear program.