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Serbia tells citizens to leave Iran ‘as soon as possible’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia has urged its citizens in Iran to leave the country “as soon as possible,” after US President Donald Trump threatened military action over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
The Balkan nation had already invited Serbian nationals in mid-January to leave Iran and not to travel there, as the country’s clerical authorities launched a bloody crackdown on a mass protest movement.
“Due to the deteriorating security situation, citizens of the Republic of Serbia are not recommended to travel to Iran in the coming period,” the Serbian Foreign Ministry says in a statement on its website published overnight.
“All those who are in Iran are recommended to leave the country as soon as possible.”
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