TEHRAN (Basirat): German politicians have rebuffed comments made by Richard Grenell, the US ambassador in Berlin, about Germany's planned defense spending over the next few years.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Germany can forget about getting as much intelligence from US spooks as it currently does if it allows Chinese telecoms to build 5G infrastructure, a letter from the American ambassador in Berlin has reportedly warned, as Washington is continuing to twist the arms of its European allies to discourage economic cooperation with its biggest geopolitical rival, China.