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Germany is to close all three Iranian consulates general in the country in response to the execution of German-Iranian dual national Jamshid Sharmahd, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said relations with Iran have reached an “all-time low” following the killing, which was announced by Tehran on Monday. The move affects the Iranian missions in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich, but not the embassy in Berlin. The 32 employees at the consulates are to lose their rights to live in Germany and must leave the country, unless they have German citizenship. Baerbock s…

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