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At a Berlin event marking 75 years of the German Foreign Ministry, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticized US and Israeli attacks on Iran, calling the war unlawful and warning of strained transatlantic ties amid new security challenges.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the war against Iran a breach of international law and a politically fateful, avoidable mistake.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned that transatlantic ties are undergoing profound change and said diplomacy is more important than ever.
Wadephul said Europe now faces two wars on its borders: Russia's war in Ukraine and a war in the Middle East and the Gulf.
Steinmeier questioned claims of an imminent threat to the United States and said other diplomatic routes could have been more effective to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon.
Comments were made at a Berlin ceremony marking 75 years since West Germany reestablished its Foreign Ministry in 1951.

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