Russia evacuates women, children from Tehran embassy

Russia evacuates women, children from Tehran embassy

Russia has evacuated women and children from its embassy in Tehran amid the war in the Middle East, officials said Thursday.

“On March 3–4 we evacuated our women and children to Russia,” —  more than 100 people in total, the embassy said in a statement on social media.

The state-run TASS news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as confirming that the “core staff remains at the embassy”.

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