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Friday, the United Kingdom became the last country to withdraw staff from its embassy Iran In the midst of a week -long conflict with IsraelWhile foreign governments rushed to get their citizens out of the region.
A travel notice in the UK updated for Iran said that the government had temporarily withdrawn diplomatic staff as a “precautionary measure”. He added that the British Embassy in Tehran will continue to operate remotely.
“British government support is extremely limited in Iran,” said the opinion.
“No face to face consular assistance will be possible in an emergency and the British government will not be able to help you if you encounter difficulties in Iran.”
Switzerland – which provides consular services to the Americans in Iran on behalf of the United States – also said on Friday that it temporarily closed its embassy due to “the intensity of military operations” and the unstable situation on the ground.
All Swiss diplomatic staff have left Iran safely, said the government.
The closures and the evacuations of the staff came in the middle Renewed diplomatic efforts with Iran to seek the end of the conflict.
US President Donald Trump, who is currently weighing whether to send American military forces to Iran, has led calls to Tehran to dismantle his nuclear program entirely to eliminate the possibility that the regime develops a nuclear weapon.
Canada, which has no diplomatic presence in Iran, is one of dozens of countries working on plans to help its citizens evacuate the country despite the closed airspace since last Friday.
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Global Affairs Canada said Thursday evening that nearly 5,000 people in Iran are registered with the registration by the Government of Canadians abroad. This issue has increased by around 1,500 since Monday.
The ministry says that the number of volunteers in the region – including more than 6,600 in Israel, Gaza and West Bank, a number that has barely changed since last week – may not precisely reflect the number of Canadians who require aid.
There was no report from injured Canadians or killed due to the conflict, Canada World Affairs confirmed.
Foreign Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday that the federal government provided for commercial flight options to help Canadians in Iran, Israel, West Bank and Gaza leave the region of certain neighboring countries.
Canadians are advisable to leave Iran through land -in -law passages in Türkiye or Armenia. Access to Azerbaijan by the transition from its land border to Astara requires a special entry authorization from the Canada Embassy in Ankara.
“Many Canadians have left Iran via various land borders,” global affairs said on Thursday, without providing exact figures.
Although the main international airport in Israel remains closed to theft, Canadians who seek to leave Israel can do so through border crossings in Jordan or Egypt, as well as by maritime routes to Cyprus.
“Hundreds of Canadians are currently leaving Israel and the West Bank by themselves on various roads,” said World Affairs Canada.
He added that Canadian staff were on site in Cyprus to help a group of Canadians who have traveled by Israel ship in recent days.
Non -essential staff and their families have been moved From the Canada Embassy to Tel Aviv and its consular office in Ramallah earlier this week.
Canada has deployed additional consular officers in Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia to provide support to Canadians in the region.
Global Affairs Canada said Thursday that a coordinating call for the coordination of the Canada crisis with “partners sharing the same ideas” had taken place on Wednesday to coordinate consular support efforts and discuss the evolving security situation.
Several other countries, including China, Japan, Australia, Germany and India, have evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Iran and the surrounding region.
The United States, France, Italy and others provide assisted charter flights and other evacuation options in the coming days.
At least 657 people, including 263 civilians, were killed in Iran and more than 2,000 injured by Israeli strikes that started on Friday, according to an Iranian human rights group based in Washington.
Iran retaliated by pulling 450 missiles and 1,000 drones in Israel, according to estimates by the Israeli army. Most were shot dead by aerial defenses on several levels of Israel, but at least 24 people in Israel were killed and hundreds injured.
– with files from the Associated Press
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