In reaction to the meddlesome comments of the German officials, the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Iran never asks anyone for permission to fight terrorists and bring them to justice.

Reacting to the repetitive interventions of some German authorities, Nasser Kannani noted: "The interventionist and authoritarian comments by some German officials regarding the verdict issued by an Iranian court against a notorious terrorist is a clear example of supporting terrorism and interfering in Iran's internal affairs."  
The Islamic Republic of Iran does not tolerate such interventions, stressed Kanaani and said that such stances never prevent Iran's efforts to implement justice, but only embolden the terrorists and spread terrorism across the world. 
The advocates of the fight against terrorism are expected at least not to seek to reward child-killing terrorists with their behavior and actions if they do not cooperate with Iran to implement justice on terrorists, he addressed the German authorities.
Following the issuance of death sentence for the terrorist ringleader Sharmahd, the German Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's Charge d'Affairs in Berlin on February 22, 2023, and announce two employees of the Iranian embassy personas non-grata, expelling them from the country.