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The German Review

Iran tries to murder a German public figure. Berlin stays silent.

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Jörg Luyken
May 27, 2026
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Dear Reader,

Europe has grown accustomed to foreign autocrats settling their feuds on its streets.

In 2019, a Russian hitman cycled into Berlin’s Kleiner Tiergarten park and shot a former Chechen rebel in broad daylight. The German government later handed him back to Moscow as part of a deal to free a US journalist whom the Kremlin had taken captive.

Iran …

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