German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on October 31 that three Iranian consulates in Germany would be closed in response to the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a dual German-Iranian citizen.
The closed Iranian consulates are in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.
"We have repeatedly reiterated and made clear to Tehran that the execution of a German citizen would have serious consequences," Foreign Minister Baerbock said when announcing the closure of Iran's consulate.
Germany will seek wider EU-wide sanctions against those involved in the execution of Sharmahd, the German foreign minister said, including sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
With Germany's latest decision, 32 Iranian consulate employees will lose their right to live in Germany and will have to leave the country if they do not have German citizenship.
Hours after Germany's announcement, Iran said it had summoned Germany's charge d'affaires in Tehran to lodge a "strong protest" over the closure. Iran's Foreign Ministry called Germany's move an "unjustified decision" and "unjustifiable."
Iran's judiciary announced the execution of Sharmahd on October 28. The man, who holds dual German and Iranian citizenship, was sentenced to death in 2023 after a trial on terrorism charges. Sharmahd was living in the United States when Iranian security forces arrested him in Dubai in 2020 while waiting for a connecting flight.
Iran accused Sharmahd of planning an attack on a mosque in 2008 that killed 14 people.
