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Netherlands Moves Iran Embassy Staff to Azerbaijan
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Posted on March 10, 2026
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Posted on March 10, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 1, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe Netherlands is temporarily relocating its embassy in Tehran to Baku amid heightened regional tensions and security risks linked to the U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran.
AMSTERDAM, March 10 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will temporarily move its embassy staff in Iran to Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said on Tuesday, citing safety concerns over the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
"Due to increasing risks to the safety of our staff, it has been decided to temporarily relocate the activities of the Dutch embassy in Iran to Baku, Azerbaijan," Berendsen wrote on X.
(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
The Netherlands is relocating its embassy staff from Iran to Azerbaijan due to increasing safety risks amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran.
The activities are temporarily being relocated to Baku, Azerbaijan.
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen announced the relocation on Tuesday.
He cited increasing risks to the safety of embassy staff as the primary reason for the move.
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