UK withdraws Iran embassy employees forward of potential US strikes | EUROtoday

US and UK withdraw all employees from embassies citing safety issues

The UK and US has withdrawn all its employees from Iranian embassies citing safety issues on Friday.

Britain’s overseas workplace stated its skill to help British nationals was now extraordinarily restricted, with the embassy working remotely and no in-person consular assist out there even in emergencies.

Donald Trump briefly laid out his case for a doable assault on Iran in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, underlining that whereas he most popular a diplomatic resolution, he wouldn’t enable Tehran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Maira Butt27 February 2026 15:00

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-us-uk-evacuations-strikes-live-updates-b2928983.html