Nearly 500 Russian citizens are preparing to leave Iran by traveling through Azerbaijan, Russia’s embassy in Baku announced Sunday.
The Russian diplomatic mission expressed appreciation to Azerbaijan for their cooperation in the evacuation effort. “We would like to express our gratitude to the Azerbaijani side for their assistance, including for the prompt consideration of issues related to the issuance of border crossing permits,” the embassy stated on its Telegram channel.
According to a government source in Azerbaijan, 192 people have already been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan during a 38-hour period, with 82 of those individuals being Azerbaijani citizens.
Russia’s foreign ministry has advised Russian citizens to either relocate to safer areas within Israel and Iran or to leave both countries entirely following recent military actions conducted by Israel and the United States.
