“Britain has suspended its embassy in Tehran, evacuated its ambassador and all staff amid possible US action against Iran.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Illustrative photo from pixabay.com Source: “European Truth” with reference to Politico
Direct speech from a representative of the British government: “We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran, which will now work remotely.”
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Details: He added that the Foreign Office’s travel advisories have been updated to reflect these changes in consular activity.
The UK is currently advising against travel to Iran, and British citizens already in the country are being advised to “carefully consider” whether to continue their stay there.
European diplomats said that on January 12, the British ambassador to Iran, together with European diplomats, was summoned to a tense meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi.
In turn, the British minister for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, summoned the Iranian ambassador in London for a meeting on January 13.
Prehistory:
- The day before, the United States ordered the evacuation of some personnel from the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest US base in the Middle East, where 10,000 American servicemen are stationed.
- Britain also decided to withdraw part of its military from the base in Qatar.