Kuwait announced today, Saturday, the arrival of the first batch of its citizens who were evacuated from Iran against the background of the continued Israeli aggression, while the Sultanate of Oman has successfully reported the 5th stage to evacuate its citizens from there, and similar testimonies were issued by Italy, Germany, China and the United States, where the evacuation included Western nationals from Israel.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the first batch of Kuwaiti nationals who were evacuated from Iran “arrived in the country through the Republic of Turkmenistan, which is shared within land borders with Iran.”
The statement stressed that Kuwait will continue its efforts to ensure the return of all its citizens in Iran to the country.
The evacuation of citizens of states from Iran is carried out through intermediate states that bring out land borders with Iran, as well as various paths between the sea and the land, due to the closure of the Iranian airspace and a number of air fields surrounding the tension area.
Sultanate of Oman
For its part, the Omani Foreign Ministry said in a statement today that Muscat will continue to evacuate its citizens from Iran, whether by land, sea or air, against the background of the continued Israeli aggression against Tehran.
The statement pointed out that “within the framework of the 5th stage of the evacuation plan implemented by the Ministry in coordination with the relevant authorities in the Sultanate of Oman and the Sultanate of Oman mission in Tehran, the return of 181 Omani citizens and a number of other nationals of nationalities were secured.”
According to the statement, the 5th stage of evacuation “took place from the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran through the Republic of Turkmenistan, to the Sultanate of Oman through the Muscat International Airport.”
The Omani Foreign Ministry stressed “continuing evacuation efforts, in cooperation with the competent authorities, to complete the rest of the evacuation stages and secure all Omani citizens from Iran.”
Muscat announced yesterday the evacuation of 292 of its citizens from Iran via Türkiye, as part of the 4th stage of evacuation, while the 3rd phase of the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas was carried out directly to the Omani port of Khasab.
In a statement published yesterday, the Omani Foreign Ministry thanked the Turkish government for “the cooperation cooperation that contributed to the success of this stage of evacuation smoothly and safely.”
China
For its part, the official Chinese “CTV” channel reported today, Saturday, that a evacuation trip is carrying 330 Chinese citizens returning from Iran and arrived at Beijing Airport.
The channel added that the next trip from the love of Abad, the capital of Turkmenistan, landed in Beijing on Friday evening.
Lee Chunlin, Deputy Director General of the Consular Affairs Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the channel that about two thousand Chinese citizens were evacuated from Iran.
The Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Xiao John Cheng, told the government media that the government media had also been evacuated from 400 Chinese citizens from Israel.
Italy
European Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a second group of 24 Italy, who were evacuated from Iran, have arrived in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, and are waiting for a return to the homeland, amid the intensification of the conflict between Israel and Iran.
“After a travel that lasted about 9 hours, and a very long waiting at the border, representatives of the Italian embassy in Baku welcomed the group and then moved to Baku Airport, waiting for a return to Italy on the first available flights.”
According to the ministry, the group includes an Italian doctor, his Iranian wife, and their 18 -month -old child. Another group can leave Tehran by a maximum of tomorrow.
The number of members of the first group that arrived in Italy through Baku in recent days reached 34 Italy. The Italian Foreign Ministry said that it had rented a plane to help evacuate its citizens from Israel through the Egyptian city of Sharm El -Sheikh tomorrow, Sunday.
Germany
On the same level, 64 German citizens were evacuated from Israel on two German military planes on Friday evening, according to the German foreign and defense ministries.
According to the two ministries, the evacuation of nationals focuses on families with children and other weakened groups, adding that the flights were rapidly arranged in coordination with the Israeli authorities.
Earlier last week, 345 German citizens returned from Jordan on rented trade trips.
American nationals
An internal cable of the US State Department revealed by Reuters on Friday that hundreds of American nationals have left Iran using land roads during the past week since the outbreak of the air war between Tehran and Israel.
According to the telegram, “many of them left without problems, but” many citizens faced delays and harassment while trying to go out. “
The telegram – without giving further details – stated that one family – whose identity has not been determined – reported that two American citizens who tried to leave Iran.
The internal telegram dated June 20, highlighting the challenge Washington faces in an attempt to protect and help its citizens in a country with which diplomatic relations and in a war in which the United States may be involved soon.
The telegram states that the American embassy in the love of Abad, the capital of Turkmenistan, requested that more than 100 American citizens enter Iran, but the Turkmenan government has not yet gave its approval.
The Washington Post was the first to publish the telegram, and the US State Department has not yet responded to a request to comment on it.
Yesterday, the US State Department urged its citizens wishing to leave Iran to use land roads through Azerbaijan, Armenia or Türkiye, as the Iranian airspace is closed.
The US State Department confirmed that Tehran is dealing with Iranian -nationaled Iranian citizens as Iranian citizens only.
The warning stated that “American nationals are at great risk of interrogation, arrest and detention in Iran,” the warning said.
Washington is looking for possible ways to evacuate its citizens from Israel, but it has almost no way to help the Americans inside Iran, and there have been no diplomatic relations between the two countries. Iranian revolution 1979.
As for the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Hakapi, he said yesterday that the American administration is looking for different ways to evacuate American citizens.
Hakapi explained in a post X “We are working to provide military and commercial flights, rented flights and tourist ships to evacuate,” and urged American citizens and green card holders to fill an online form.
A separate internal email message revealed to the ministry that until Friday, more than 6400 American citizens mobilized the evacuation model from Israel.
The internal email message also dated June 20 – which bears the “sensor” brand – said that “it is likely that approximately 300 to 500 American citizens per day will need help in leaving.”
As stated in the second email message, “The US State Department did not receive any reports of deaths or injured American citizens in Israel or Iran.”
The US State Department does not have official numbers, but thousands of American citizens are believed to reside in Iran for hundreds of thousands in Israel.