Merz derides ‘humiliating’ US peace process with Iran as Europe’s rift with Trump widens

NewsWorldMiddle EastMerz derides ‘humiliating’ US peace process with Iran as Europe’s rift with Trump widensIran’s foreign minister said on Monday that Trump only wanted to talk because he had failed all his objectivesJames C. Reynolds Monday 27 April 2026 20:55 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2965735","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/friedrich-merz-germany-us-iran-war-b2965735.html","title":"Merz derides ‘humiliating’ US peace process with Iran as European rift widens"}}Close‘Entire nation is being humiliated’ by Iran says German chancellor in swipe at TrumpOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Middle East","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Germany’s leader said on...