US evacuates personnel from Middle East in sign of growing regional tension | Politics News

The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and authorized “the voluntary departure” of the dependent on the American staff of the Middle East locations, notably Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, as Regional security problems are increasing.

US Central Command (Centcom) said on Wednesday in a statement that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had authorized the departure of military dependents in the region and that Centcom “monitored development tension”.

Orders for any staff not essential to leave the United States Embassy in Baghdad – which was already in limited endowment – was based on a commitment “to ensure the safety of the Americans, at home and abroad,” said the Ministry of State.

Speaking on Wednesday evening, American president Donald Trump said that the order to move the staff had been given because the region “could be a dangerous place”.

“We will see what’s going on. We have given an opinion to move, and we will see what’s going on,” said Trump.

Trump then added Reference to Iran: “They cannot have a nuclear weapon, very simple. We are not going to allow it.”

Uncertainty has increased in recent days while talks between the United States and Iran on its nuclear program seem to have reached a dead end.

The American broadcaster of the CBS broadcaster reported late Wednesday that US officials had been informed that Israel is “fully ready” to launch an attack On Iran and that Washington “plans” that Tehran could fight back by targeting “certain American sites in neighboring Iraq”.

Alan Fisher of Al Jazeera, postponing Washington, DC, said that there had been clear signs in recent days of high -level discussions between senior military officials and the Trump administration, with regard to current talks with Iran on its nuclear program.

“Donald Trump has done in the past two days … said his concern that an agreement may not be made,” said Fisher.

“Consequently, we see, effectively, the partial evacuation of the embassy in Baghdad with non-military personnel and non-essential staff who are distant. And the voluntary evacuation of other embassies in the region,” he said.

“They have already done this kind of thing,” said Fisher, noting that the Baghdad Embassy was partially evacuated to “the concerns that the embassy could become a target for the militias aligned by Irania in Iraq”.

“Obviously, there is a certain concern that the discussions with the Iranians do not go well. Or, it could be that all this is designed to put pressure on the Iranians. Because, you will remember, that Donald Trump said that if they could not obtain a kind of agreement, then … there could be a kind of military action against the Iranians.”

While reports on the staff of the American embassy and the dependents who have left the Middle East region emerged, Iran’s mission to the United Nations has published on social networks that “Iran is not looking for nuclear weapons and that American militarism is only instability”.

“The threats of” overwhelming force “will not change the facts,” said the Iranian mission.

“Diplomacy – not militarism – is the only way to follow,” he added.

Threats of “overwhelming force” will not change facts:
Iran is not looking for a nuclear weapon, and American militarism only fuel instability.

The legacy of Centcom to fuel regional instability, thanks to arm the attackers and allow Israeli crimes, the body of all credibility to speak …

– Irihiran mission to one, ny (@iran_un) June 11, 2025

In addition, the Iranian Minister of Defense, General Aziz Nasirzadeh, told journalists earlier that he hoped that talks with the United States would succeed, although Tehran is ready to respond to any assault.

“If the conflict is imposed on us, the victims of the opponent will certainly be more than ours, and in this case, America must leave the region, because all its bases are within our reach,” he said.

“We have access to them and we will target them all in the host countries without hesitation.”

The next series of talks-The sixth-between the United States and Iran on the limits of the Tehran nuclear program in exchange for sanctions to the lifting of the country has been temporarily planned for this weekend to Oman, according to reports, and the sending of the Middle East of Trump, Steve Witkoff, should always attend.