Germany’s foreign minister says Iran ‘not ready’ for diplomatic solution

Описание: (10 Mar 2026)
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Jerusalem - 10 March 2026
1. Various of Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar welcoming Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem
2. Various of Saar and Wadephul entering the briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Johann Wadephul, Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs:
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"I do have very high confidence that both of the countries, the United States of America and the state of Israel are ready for a diplomatic solution. You see that I'm here as the first European politician and at yesterday night, (I had a ) telephone call with our common colleague, Marco Rubio (US Secretary of State), so I'm, I would say, well informed about what these two countries are right now doing, what their goals are, where they are and what is possible."
4. Close of Israeli flag
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Johann Wadephul, Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs:
"If they were ready for a diplomatic solution, it is achievable. But for now, this is what we hear from Tehran, they are not ready for a diplomatic solution and as long as this is not the case, we still have to wait."
6. Close of a woman typing on a laptop
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister:
"I believe it's high time for countries to take the next more step and cut all diplomatic ties with the terror (Iranian) regime. That you yourselves defined as having no legitimacy."
8. Mid of the podium, text reading (English, Hebrew): "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jerusalem"
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister:
"Chancellor (Friedrich) Merz was right when he said that Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us. The international community enjoys the results of our actions, yet it's not always supportive, to say the least, while we are acting."
10. Close of a photographer
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister:
"We want to remove for the long term existential threats from Iran to Israel. It is hard to see it with the current regime, with the new Khamenei. The new Khamenei is not less extremist than the previous. We said, regime change can take place not necessarily during the campaign. It can happen also after the campaign, but it's important to create the conditions for a change in Iran."
12. Mid of Israeli flags
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister:
"I saw yesterday because you asked if you would asked only about Israel, I might answer in a different way, but you ask about Israel and the US, so I followed yesterday's announcements and press conference of President Trump. He said that the war will not end this week. Please speak with me about it next week."
14. Wide of briefing
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli Foreign Minister:
"We will welcome any volunteers from the international community willing to dismantle Hezbollah. Until now, nobody, not even the glorious UNIFIL (the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), has done anything significant to solve the problem."
16. Saar and Wadephul shaking hands
STORYLINE:
Germany's foreign minister Johann Wadephul claimed on Tuesday that Iran is “not ready” for a diplomatic solution.

“If they were ready for a diplomatic solution, it is achievable. But for now, this is what we hear from Tehran, they are not ready for a diplomatic solution. And as long as this is not the case, we still have to wait,” Wadephul said in a joint briefing with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.











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