"The Iranian regime fights its own people in every possible way and disregards human rights," Scholz wrote on Twitter.
Germany has declared two employees of the Iranian embassy personae non gratae and ordered them to leave the country in response to Iran sentencing a German national to death, a statement from the foreign office said on Wednesday.
Germany summoned Iran's charge d'affaires, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement, adding: "He was informed that we do not accept the massive violation of the rights of a German citizen."
"We call on Iran to revoke Jamshid Sharmahd's death sentence and provide him with a fair appeal process based on the rule of law," she added.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the sentence as unacceptable, calling on Iran to reverse the ruling.
"The Iranian regime fights its own people in every possible way and disregards human rights," Scholz wrote on Twitter.
Sharmahd, a German-Iranian national, was sentenced to death on charges of "corruption on earth", the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday.
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