Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed Berlin for closing three Iranian consulates, stating that this action, taken in support of a terrorist, amounts to sanctions against thousands of Iranians.

According to The Iran Project, in support of a terrorist who took 14 innocent lives and injured more than 200 others, the German government is sanctioning tens of thousands of other Iranians holding German passport. Anyone can see the wisdom in this decision,” Araghchi said in a post on his X account on Friday.

In an announcement on Thursday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that the Iranian consulates in the cities of Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich are to be closed over the execution of convicted terrorist Jamshid Sharmahd.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned German charge d’affaires in Tehran in protest against the European country’s "irrational" decision to shut the missions of the Islamic Republic and deprive Iranians of consular services.