German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that he expects Iran's government to collapse soon, predicting the regime is living through its "final days and weeks" as mass protests continue across the country, Anadolu Ajansı reported.
"When a regime can only maintain power through violence, it is effectively finished. I assume that we are now witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime," Merz told reporters during his official visit to India.
The German chancellor argued that Iran's leadership no longer has legitimacy and said he hopes for a peaceful transition to end the unrest. Merz noted that Berlin is in close contact with the US, Britain, and France on developments in the Islamic republic.
"The foreign ministers are in close contact with each other to ensure that there can be a peaceful transition in Iran to a democratically legitimized government," the conservative leader said.
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