Russia mentioned Sunday it had evacuated a number of of its residents from Iran and halted exercise at its Tehran consulate after Israeli assaults on the nation sparked retaliatory missile hearth in the direction of Israel.
“As a result of present scenario, the consular service of the embassy is briefly suspending its actions. The resumption of consular providers will probably be introduced later,” the Russian embassy in Tehran mentioned on Telegram.
Russian Tradition Minister Olga Lyubimova mentioned musicians from the Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra had been evacuated from Iran.
“The musicians crossed the Azerbaijani border. Yesterday (Saturday), Fyodor Bondarchuk’s movie crew left Iran by way of the identical route,” she mentioned on Telegram, referring to the Russian director and actor.
Russia’s civil aviation authority ordered airways to droop flights to Iran and Israel and keep away from their airspace — together with the airspace of Jordan and Iraq — till not less than June 26, following official journey warnings issued Friday.
Israel launched unprecedented strikes on Iran’s navy and nuclear amenities early Friday, saying it aimed to cease Tehran from buying nuclear weapons.
Iran has responded with a number of missile salvos concentrating on Israel.
President Vladimir Putin, who maintains ties with each Iran and Israel, condemned Israel’s strikes and warned of a “harmful escalation” within the Center East.
