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Iranian students rally to condemn Germany for backing terrorists involved in riots

Friday, 23 January 2026 7:08 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 23 January 2026 9:47 AM ]

Iranian students hold a protest outside the German Embassy in Tehran on January 22, 2026.

Iranian students have held a protest in the capital of Tehran, condemning Germany’s support for armed terrorists involved in recent foreign-linked riots across the country.

The demonstration took place outside the German Embassy in Tehran on Thursday, with the participants carrying signs and chanting slogans in denunciation of Berlin’s hostile statements and actions against Iran.

Following their protest, the students issued a statement, in which they slammed Germany’s supply of unconventional weapons such as chemical arms to the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s’ imposed war on Iran.

They also censured Germany for slapping cruel sanctions on the Iranian nation in the fields of medicine, industry, and finance.

Iranian students held a protest outside the German Embassy in Tehran to condemn the country's support for armed terrorists involved in recent foreign-linked riots across Iran.

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During the illegal Israeli-US aggression against Iran in June 2025, the government in Berlin sent military equipment to Tel Aviv and lended political support to the criminal regime, they added.

In the course of recent riots in Iran, German politicians hurled insults at the Islamic Republic while the representatives of the European country in its diplomatic mission in Tehran provided financial, media and communications support for terrorists, noted the students.

Late last month, economic hardships, caused and exacerbated by years of Western sanctions, triggered a wave of peaceful protests among merchants across Iran.

Authorities recognized the protesters' demands as legitimate, but the demonstrations were hijacked by rioters backed by American and Israeli leaders, who publicly called for vandalism and disorder.

Officials said that some of the mercenaries were armed, trained, and recruited by US and Israeli spy agencies to incite violence, damage public property, and kill civilians and members of security forces.

Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said a total of 3,117 people had lost their lives during the unrest, adding that 2,427 of those killed were innocent civilians and security personnel.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed in rhetorical remarks that the Iranian government in its “final days and weeks”.

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Iran’s foreign minister has accused Germany of double standards and hypocrisy over human rights, following comments by Chancellor Friedrich Merz accusing the country of killing protesters.

In their statement, the Iranian students warned that any direct or indirect action against the Islamic Republic’s national security would endanger Germany’s interests in Iran and regional countries.

“It would be better for the deluded German chancellor to take this warning seriously and avoid any further insolence towards Iranians, as the continuation of such moves may result in irreparable costs for him personally,” they went on to say.

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