War against Iran: Navid Kermani criticizes Merz for “dirty work”

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has sharply criticized Chancellor Friedrich Merz because of his “dirty work” statement. With his statement, Merz insulted and dehumidated the many civilian war victims, said Kermani of the German Press Agency in Cologne.

“Who does he mean by dirt? This apparently means the people who are sitting in the high -rise buildings in the high -rise buildings in Iran and are now bombarded by Israel. These are my relatives, my cousins ​​and cousins, my colleagues and friends. Many of them have brought victims in the fight against the regime, of whom we don’t even have a performance in the West.”

Kermani accuses Merz linguistic brutalization

All well-known protagonists of the democracy movement spoke out against the war, including the detainees Narges Mohammadi or human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh. “These two women and millions of other Iranians have been fighting the regime heroically for years and thus also for Israel’s security. They are not a dirt.” He does not believe that a Helmut Kohl, a Wolfgang Schäuble or even a Angela Merkel who might have agreed to Merz in the matter would have ever used such a cynical choice of words, said Kermani.

“Merz thus encourages a brutalization and detabtion of the public language, which plays the right -wing populists enormously into their hands, see USA.” In a contribution for the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (weekend edition), Kermani put it pointed: “Anyone who has respect for the dirty work to drop bombs to civilians is a dirt.”

Merz had used the word “dirty work” in a ZDF interview with a view of Israel’s war against Iran. Moderator Diana Zimmermann had used the term in her question, and Merz picked up: “Ms. Zimmermann, I am grateful to you for the term dirt work. This is the dirty work that Israel does for all. We are also affected by this regime. This Mullah regime has brought death and destruction over the world.”

Iran could slide into chaos

Kermani told the dpa that, despite all the intolerations offered in everyday political life, it was to differentiate the task of politicians when it comes to life and death. Now a lot is given what Merz might mean by his statement that he did not want to deny that. “Who he said what he was said to have meant, he could have said what he meant. But he didn’t even put his choice of words later. He stands for the word” dirty work “and praises himself for it.

The war will neither bring Israel security nor Iran freedom, said Kermani, who is considered one of the most influential German intellectuals. He was honored with numerous prices, the most important is the peace price of the German book trade. Should Israel expand the war and possibly bring down the state leadership with US support, the country’s sliding into chaos threaten.

Iran is a multi -ethnic state

“Iran is a country in which 45 percent of people have a different mother tongue than Persian. It is a multi -ethnic state. You only have to look at Afghanistan, in the Iraq, in Yemen, to Syria, after Libya, to see what dangers the hinge. Iran has a tremendous arsenal of chemical weapons. And that would use the regime at the moment. Set plane and run away, they will use everything you have to die as martyrs. “

This also has a great security risk for nearby Israel, said Kermani. He commented on the war against Iran even on Sunday night on Sunday on Sunday on Sunday on the side of Israel.

Iranian directors stand for the courage of civil society

If the political and religious leadership survived the war, Kermei’s conviction would result in a terrible wave of repression against its own population. This is already indicated with executions and many arrests. “You will say that it has now been shown in front of all over the world to what extent the Iranian opposition is controlled by Israel. So that means that both options lead to ruin.”

Iranian civil society is the bravest worldwide, said Kermani, who was born in Siegen in 1967 as the son of a family of doctor who immigrated from Iran. “Think only of the director Jafar Panahi, who has been in prison for many years and then left a critical film again on the deposit that gets the golden palm in Cannes. Think of the Oscarnomined film” The Sow of Holy Peigen tree “by Mohammad Rasoulof about the mass protests in Iran. Strict laws go to the street without a headscarf. (dpa)