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After evacuating its citizens … Portugal closes its embassy in Tehran


I announced Portugal closing its embassy in Tehran temporarily in light of the seriousness of the current situation with the military confrontation between Israel and Iran , according to Foreign Minister Paulo Ranjel in Lisbon. "This closure will be temporary, the transition to another country will be made with an embassy, ​​and the embassy will be reopened as soon as possible" The decision was made after the last 7 Portuguese from Iran was evacuated on Tuesday, according to Rangel, after the evacuation of 5 on Sunday. "A large percentage of those requests relates to transient citizens, tourists or workers who were unable to travel by an atmosphere"
There are also a few thousand Portuguese who do not want to leave at the present time, according to the minister.

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