Germany Seeks Better Cooperation with Iran
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle felicitated Ali Akbar Salehi on his appointment as caretaker of Iran's Foreign Ministry, and called for better mutual cooperation between Tehran and Berlin.
In a telephone conversation on Friday, Westerwelle expressed hope for the expansion of mutual cooperation between Tehran and Berlin.
Westerwelle also condemned the terrorist attack in Iran's Southeastern city of Chabahar, and expressed sorrow over the loss of lives in the terrorist bombing.
At least 37 people, including women and children, were killed and 95 others were wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Chabahar on Wednesday.
As regards the case with the two German nationals recently arrested by security forces for illegal activities in Iran, the German foreign minister called on Tehran officials to show more assistance on the case.
Posing as reporters, the two German nationals interviewed the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been convicted of collaboration in her husband's murder as well as adultery.
The two German nationals, who contacted the Ashtiani family disguised as journalists, were detained after a person close to the family alerted authorities of their suspicious behavior.
Meantime, a senior Iranian judiciary official announced earlier this month that the two German nationals have admitted to breaking the law.
"The two Germans have acknowledged their offence, saying that claiming to be journalists was not right," Iran's Prosecutor-General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeii told reporters in Iran's northwestern city of Tabriz in mid October.
Ejeii said the two detainees had ties with hostile anti-Islamic Republic elements operating from outside the country.
Source: farsnews.com
