"Sahra Wagenknecht, co-leader of Germany’s Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), accused Western governments of double standards and hypocrisy over Iran, during a speech in Mainz on Wednesday. "When the “value-based West” drops bombs that also kill people and cause just as much devastation and suffering, then Mr. Merz tells us: oh, international law doesn’t really help that much right now; we need to apply different standards," she said, wondering "what kind of double standards are those?" Wagenknecht added that Germany should not accept what she described as "hypocrisy becoming the German state doctrine." She went on to claim that in light of recent developments, Germany could not hope for its economy to grow. "After our moral champions in government completely cut us off from Russian gas and oil, we have we don't have too many sources for oil and gas anymore, and the Middle East is one of them. If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, nothing can get through, no more oil, no more gas, and then prices here will skyrocket again just like as it is already being indicated now," she stated. She also criticised Berlin’s support for Western military operations, saying Germany should reconsider allowing the United States to use its military bases in the country. "The Iran war would not even be possible if the Americans could not use these military bases. And I say: Mr. Merz, have a little courage, a little backbone—like the Spanish government. They have forbidden the USA to use their military bases. Germany could do the same." Wagenknecht questioned that military intervention would lead to democracy, pointing to past Western wars in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, which she said resulted in instability and conflict. "Is any of these countries today a flourishing democracy? No. Everywhere there is killing and chaos—failed states, civil wars. So many people have already lost their lives because of these dishonest so-called democracy missions of the West. We do not need another one," she concluded. The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday morning. Tehran said it was responding with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region, with explosions reported in countries right across the Gulf region. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead in a strike on Saturday. It comes after a number of rounds of talks between the Americans and Iranians. "