Britain to withdraw UK staff from embassy in Iran
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 20, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 20, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The UK has temporarily withdrawn its embassy staff from Iran due to security concerns amid escalating Iran-Israel tensions. The embassy continues remote operations.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Friday it was temporarily withdrawing UK staff from its embassy in Iran due to the ongoing security situation there.
"We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely," Britain said on its travel advice website page for Iran.
Israel and Iran have been in conflict since last week after Israel launched military strikes on Iran, which retaliated with waves of missiles.
British foreign minister David Lammy has been urging the two sides to find a diplomatic solution and is in Geneva on Friday for nuclear talks with Iran and European counterparts.
(Reporting by William James, editing by Michael Holden)
Britain is temporarily withdrawing UK staff from its embassy in Iran due to the ongoing security situation there.
Israel and Iran have been in conflict since last week after Israel launched military strikes on Iran, which retaliated with waves of missiles.
British foreign minister David Lammy has been urging both sides to find a diplomatic solution and is currently in Geneva for nuclear talks with Iran and European counterparts.
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