Analysis: Why the German foreign minister’s Iran trip flopped – Steinmeier’s trip coincided with Sunday’s „adoption day“ of the nuclear agreement. | The Jerusalem Post

BERLIN – German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s trip to Iran on Saturday turned the clock back on the Federal Republic’s pre-sanctions pro-Iran policies by showing an indifferent posture to growing Iranian jingoism, domestic repression and anti-Israel rhetoric.
“It is of course my wish that Iran uses its influence in the region and… on [Syrian President Bashar)] Assad to ensure that we take the first steps toward a deescalation in Syria,” said Steinmeier, in the second visit by a German foreign minister to Iran in 12 years.