While many left without problem, “numerous” citizens had faced “delays and harassment” while trying to exit, the cable said. It said, without giving further details, that one unidentified family had reported that two U.S. citizens attempting to leave Iran had been detained.
President Donald Trump and the White House said on Thursday he will decide in the next two weeks whether the U.S. will get involved in the Israel-Iran war. Trump has kept the world guessing on his plans, veering from proposing a swift diplomatic solution to suggesting Washington might join the fighting on Israel's side.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East widely believed to have nuclear weapons, and said it struck Iran to prevent Tehran from developing its own nuclear weapons.
“Due to the limitations of U.S. consular support in Iran, U.S. citizens seeking departure should take advantage of existing means to leave Iran,“ a State Department spokesperson said in comments emailed late on Friday, when asked about the cable, which was first reported by The Washington Post.
The U.S. State Department in a travel alert earlier on Friday urged its citizens wishing to depart Iran to use land routes via Azerbaijan, Armenia or Turkey. Iranian airspace is closed.
The Islamic Republic treats Iranian-U.S. dual citizens solely as nationals of Iran, the State Department emphasized.
Washington is looking at ways to potentially evacuate its citizens from Israel, but it has almost no way of assisting Americans inside Iran. The two countries have had no diplomatic ties since the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
“We’re working to get military, commercial, charter flights and cruise ships for evac,“ he said in an X post, urging U.S. citizens and green card holders to complete an online form.
“Approximately 300-500 U.S. citizens per day would potentially require departure assistance,“ said the internal email, also dated June 20 and marked “sensitive”.
Israel's strikes over the last week have killed 639 people in Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. Israel says Iranian attacks have killed 24 civilians in Israel.
“The U.S. Department of State received no reports of U.S. citizen casualties in Israel or Iran,“ the second email said.
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