Iranian Embassy (Bonn)

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Former office building of the Iranian embassy, ​​Godesberger Allee 133–137 (2008)

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Federal Republic of Germany ( Imperial Iranian Embassy until 1979 ) was based in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn from 1973/74 to 2000 . The former office building of the embassy , built in 1975, is located in the Friesdorf district on the west side of Godesberger Allee ( Bundesstrasse 9 ) with the address Godesberger Allee 133-137. It is still owned by Iran.

history

Villa Uferstrasse 29 in the Rodenkirchen district of Cologne, original residence of the envoy and ambassador (2014)
Former residence of the embassy in the Muffendorf district of Bonn, Elfstrasse 40 (2014)

After recording of diplomatic relations with Germany in June 1951, Iran in 1952 opened an embassy at the government headquarters in Bonn. The Office of the embassy initially was located in the Cologne district Rodenkirchen in Villa banks Straße 29 . It was relocated to Hebbelstrasse 6 (today Ringelnatzstrasse) within Rodenkirchen by 1954, while the residence - the ambassador's residence - remained at its previous location. In June 1955 the legation was converted into an embassy. The office and residence of the Imperial Iranian Embassy were moved to Villa Parkstrasse 5 in the Marienburg district of Cologne in 1958 , where there was also a consular department . The military department of the embassy as the office of the military attachés was initially located in the Neustadt-Nord district ( Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 15 ), then moved within the district to the Concordia House (Hohenzollernring 2–10) and was finally in the Bayenthal district ( Bonner Strasse 180), where the Iranian intelligence service SAVAK maintained its central office for Europe from mid-1964 . In 1973/74 the Imperial Iranian Embassy including the consular department moved to Bonn to the main focus of the diplomatic missions in the Bad Godesberg district, where the office was initially set up in a rented office building ( Hochkreuzallee 1 ). In 1975, Iran also acquired an office building (Kölner Straße 133-137, since 1978 Godesberger Allee) in Bad Godesberg, which was built in the same year according to plans by the local architect Dirk Denninger , for five million DM from the Westphalia-Lippe Dental Association and converted it into an embassy building. whereby the pre-blinded metal frame was replaced by window frames painted in a bright oriental style. The embassy residence, the ambassador's residence, remained in Cologne-Marienburg until at least 1978, after which it was moved to Bad Godesberg to a property in the Muffendorf district (Elfstrasse 40) with a 10,500 m² property.

After the Islamic Revolution (1979), 105 Iranians stormed the embassy building on August 3, 1981 and temporarily occupied it to protest against the new regime. The embassy building was re-occupied on April 5, 1992 by 30 to 40 members of the People's Mujahedin following the news of Iranian air strikes on opposition bases in Iraq; At least five people were injured and parts of the interior were destroyed. At that time, the embassy in Bonn was one of the largest diplomatic representations in Iran with around 90 employees. It was considered the European headquarters of the Iranian intelligence service with residencies of three individual services, which, according to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , occupied the specially secured third floor of the building with six offices and a radio room with 20 employees of the MOIS (also VEVAK) and their task the observation and investigation of the Iranian opposition is said to have been. From the Bonn residency of the MOIS, among other things, the Mykonos attack in Berlin (1992) should have been controlled. The cultural department of the embassy was last located outside the office building in the district of Brüser Berg (Borsigallee 4).

In the course of the relocation of the seat of government to Berlin (1999), the Iranian embassy moved there in 2000 (→ Iranian embassy in Berlin ). Both the former office building and the former residence of the embassy in the Muffendorf district have been vacant since then. Iran offered both properties for sale through changing brokers, most recently by way of an advertisement for sale in August 2013, whereby the high asking price allegedly stood in the way of a successful conclusion of negotiations, at least for the former office building. It was not adequately maintained until the end, so that its structural condition deteriorated increasingly. During elections in Iran, the property serves as a polling station for Iranians living in Germany. On March 8, 2018, the building was occupied by activists who support the Iranian women's movement. After Iran filed criminal charges against the squatters, police evacuated the building on March 15.

Addresses of individual departments

Department Address, place (steep) First evidence Final proof
Military Attaché's Office Parkstrasse 5 , Cologne- Marienburg 1962 1962
Office of the cultural council / student support Ebertplatz 9, Cologne- Neustadt-Nord 1962 1964
Press attaché office / press department Parkstrasse 5 , Cologne- Marienburg 1962 1974
Military Attaché's Office / Military Department Bonner Strasse 180, Cologne- Bayenthal 1964 1974
Student Support Department Hansaring 95, Cologne 1966 1966
Military department Reuterstraße 187, Bonn- Südstadt 1975 1976

See also

Web links

Commons : Godesberger Allee 133–137  - Collection of images

References and comments

  1. ↑ to 1977 Kölner Strasse 133-137
  2. ↑ Diplomatic and other official foreign missions as well as representations of international organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany (as of March 1, 1954). In: Federal Ministry of Finance (Ed.): Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government , Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1954, p. 382 ff.
  3. ^ Friedrich H. Kochwasser: Iran und wir , Verlag H. Erdmann, 1961, p. 166.
  4. ↑ Foreign embassies, legations and representations in the Federal Republic of Germany (as of November 1958). In: Address book of the city of Bonn 1958/59 , 85th edition, JF Carthaus, Bonn 1959, p. 734 ff. ( Online ULB Bonn )
  5. ^ Stamm-Leitfaden durch Presse und Werbung , Stamm-Verlag, 1959, p. 711.
  6. ^ Stamm-Leitfaden durch Presse und Werbung , Stamm-Verlag, 1961, p. X.
  7. ^ List of diplomatic missions and commercial agencies of foreign countries in the Federal Republic of Germany (as of February 1, 1966) . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1966 No. 27 , p. 872 , Annex 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
  8. ^ List of diplomatic missions and commercial missions of foreign states in the Federal Republic of Germany (as of September 25, 1968) . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 24 , p. 1209 , Annex 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).
  9. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in Bonn (as of September 1974)
  10. ↑ New rooms at the old place for diplomats from Australia , General-Anzeiger , August 6, 1987, Bonn city edition, p. 9.
  11. ↑ a b Authorities do not want to vacate the Iranian Embassy , General-Anzeiger , March 9, 2018
  12. ↑ Michael Gassmann: Built messages . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 26, 2001, No. 224, p. 52.
  13. ↑ Iranian Consulate in Frankfurt am Main ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.irangk.de
  14. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in Bonn (status: October 1978)
  15. ↑ a b purchase "without considering costs" , General-Anzeiger , August 20, 2013
  16. ↑ policy SOON , Hamburger Abendblatt , January 6 1983
  17. ^ Mujahideen occupied Iran's embassy in Bonn , Neues Deutschland , April 6, 1992
  18. ↑ Bonn wants to pay compensation to Iran , Hamburger Abendblatt , April 7, 1992
  19. ↑ Tagesschau , April 5, 1992 ( online , report from 2:08 pm and 2:30 pm)
  20. ↑ BASE OF SPIES , Der Spiegel , October 10, 1994
  21. ↑ Norbert Siegmund: The Mykonos Trial: a terrorist trial under the influence of foreign policy and secret services; Germany's uncritical dialogue with Iran (= political science , vol. 73, LIT, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-6135-X ), p. 394 (also dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin, 2000)
  22. ↑ Death in the Name of the Sublime , Der Spiegel , October 14, 1996
  23. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions in the Federal Republic of Germany , as of March 1992
  24. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in the Federal Republic of Germany , as of April 1995
  25. ↑ Tehran refuses to negotiate , General-Anzeiger , October 23, 2002
  26. ^ Top sellers and slow-moving goods , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , November 19, 2005
  27. ↑ 24 messages are still available , General-Anzeiger , January 14, 2009
  28. ^ Many ex-embassies in Bonn are rotting , Die Welt , September 11, 2011
  29. ↑ Michael Wenzel: Between luxury and decay , General-Anzeiger , October 6, 2015
  30. ↑ Activists occupy the former Iranian embassy in Bonn , General-Anzeiger , March 8, 2018
  31. ↑ Iran files criminal charges against squatters in Bonn , General-Anzeiger , March 13, 2018
  32. ↑ Police clear the Iranian embassy in Bonn , General-Anzeiger , March 15, 2018
  33. ↑ a b c d Foreign Office (ed.): List of the diplomatic corps in Bonn (as of March 1962)
  34. ↑ a b Foreign Office (ed.): List of the diplomatic corps in Bonn (as of January 1964)
  35. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of the diplomatic corps in Bonn (as of April 1974)
  36. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in Bonn (as of September 1974)
  37. ↑ a b Foreign Office (ed.): List of the diplomatic corps in Bonn (as of June 1966)
  38. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in Bonn (as of April 1975)
  39. ↑ Foreign Office (ed.): List of diplomatic missions and other representations in Bonn (as of June 1976)

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