​German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday (April 27, 2026) Iran’s leadership ⁠was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.

Mr. Merz also said ‌he did not see what exit strategy the U.S. was pursuing in the Iran war, comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington ‌and its European NATO allies, which had already been festering over ‌Ukraine and ⁠other issues.