{"id":92309,"date":"2026-05-01T06:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/92309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:12:17","slug":"uae-bans-its-citizens-from-traveling-to-iran-lebanon-and-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/92309\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE bans its citizens from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#precautionary-measures-to-protect-citizens\" class=\"table-link no-link anchor-link\" data-index=\"rb-heading-index-0\">Precautionary measures to protect citizens<\/a><a href=\"#escalating-regional-tensions\" class=\"table-link no-link anchor-link\" data-index=\"rb-heading-index-1\">Escalating regional tensions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi \u2013 The Ministry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.ae\/MediaHub\/News\/2026\/4\/30\/UAE-IRAN\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.ae\/MediaHub\/News\/2026\/4\/30\/UAE-IRAN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign <\/a>Affairs has announced a travel ban for UAE citizens to Iran, Lebanon<\/p>\n<p> and Iraq, due to the current developments in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Precautionary measures to protect citizens<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued an official statement emphasizing the need<\/p>\n<p>for citizens to adhere to its instructions, stressing that the decision is part of precautionary measures.<\/p>\n<p> Furthermore, the decision was made in light of escalating security tensions in several countries in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry urged all citizens currently in the three countries to leave<\/p>\n<p>and return to the UAE as soon as possible, for their own safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry also called upon UAE citizens in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq to contact it immediately via the designated hotline.<\/p>\n<p> This is to provide the necessary support and facilitate their return,<\/p>\n<p>reflecting the UAE\u2019s commitment to monitoring the well-being of its citizens abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Escalating regional tensions<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes amid escalating regional tensions and the unstable security situations in some countries.<\/p>\n<p>These circumstances have prompted the UAE to take proactive steps to ensure the safety and security of its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that it will continue to closely monitor developments<\/p>\n<p>and will take any further necessary measures as the situation in the region evolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Precautionary measures to protect citizensEscalating regional tensions Abu Dhabi \u2013 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[32645,11289,34,94,93,32646,709,12698,12699],"class_list":["post-92309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-and-iraq","tag-citizens","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-lebanon","tag-mofa","tag-uae","tag-voice-of-emirates","tag-voice-of-emirates-website-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116497845120291082","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}