Foreigners have rushed to leave both countries after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign last Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear and military facilities, sparking retaliation from Tehran.
Europe
The Czech Republic and Slovakia said Tuesday they had taken 181 people home on government planes.
“The evacuees were taken to an airport in a neighbouring country by buses. They crossed the border on foot.”
Greece said it had repatriated 105 of its citizens plus a number of foreign nationals via Egypt, while a private plane with 148 people landed in the Bulgarian capital Sophia on Tuesday.
The US ambassador to Israel on Wednesday announced plans for evacuating Americans by air and sea.
Australia
“There’s no capacity for people to get civilian aircraft in, it is too risky, and the airspace is closed,“ Foreign Minister Penny Wong told national broadcaster ABC.
“We are seeking to try and do more of that over the next 24 hours.”
Pakistan has shut its border crossings with neighbouring Iran, except to Pakistanis wanting to return home.
The foreign ministry said the families of diplomats and some non-essential staff from Iran had been evacuated.
Around 110 Indian students have been evacuated from Iran on a special flight from Armenia, India’s foreign ministry said Thursday.
New Zealand said Thursday it had closed its embassy in Iran, evacuating two staff members and their family to Azerbaijan by land.
Japan
The Japanese embassies in Iran and Israel are preparing to use buses to evacuate citizens to neighbouring countries, a government spokesman said, as the war entered its seventh day.
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