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'A stark rebuke': Iran hails German failure to secure UN Security Council seat "Germany, one of the largest suppliers of lethal weapons to Israel, has consistently justified the genocide of Palestinians. And when the Israeli regime launched its aggression on Iran, Berlin refused to condemn it; instead, it shamelessly described it as 'dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us'," said Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei.