Staff have been withdrawn from the British embassy in Iran ahead of posssible US strikes, the government has confirmed.
“We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely,” the government said on its travel advice website page for Iran.
At the US embassy in Jerusalem, non-emergency US staff and their families have been told to leave Israel due to safety risks.
Britain’s foreign office said its ability to assist British nationals was now extremely limited, with the embassy operating remotely and no in-person consular support available even in emergencies.
American President Donald Trump briefly laid out his case for a possible attack on Iran in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, underlining that while he preferred a diplomatic solution, he would not allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
It comes as an International Atomic Energy Agency report said Iran stored highly enriched uranium at underground sites, close to weapons grade.
