{"id":696512,"date":"2026-01-15T00:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696512\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:33:19","slug":"germany-spain-italy-poland-others-urge-citizens-to-flee-iran-amid-protests-and-us-attack-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696512\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, others urge citizens to flee Iran amid protests and US attack fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Several European countries have urged their citizens to depart Iran, citing a deteriorating security situation as both anti and pro-government protests continue while fears of possible US attacks on Iran are also growing.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">On Wednesday, Spain\u2019s Foreign Ministry advised its nationals to depart the country, warning that conditions remain unstable nationwide.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">&#8220;Spaniards who are in Iran are recommended to leave the country making use of the available means,&#8221; the ministry said in an updated travel advisory.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">&#8220;The situation is unstable in the whole country. Different sources report several deaths and arrests of protesters,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Italy has also renewed its call for citizens to leave Iran because of security concerns. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The Italian Foreign Ministry said around 600 Italians are currently in the country, most of them in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">&#8220;There are more than 900 members of the Italian Armed Forces in the region,&#8221; the ministry said, adding that precautionary measures were being adopted to protect personnel stationed in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Poland has issued a similar warning, urging its citizens to leave Iran immediately and advising against all travel to the country.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Germany has also discouraged travel, warning of a risk of arbitrary arrest and urging those already in Iran to depart.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/27e6e686364d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d4063d512926e388314d401080e2a63e52805b09895d5c0c29edd26f790c3a84.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several European countries have urged their citizens to depart Iran, citing a deteriorating security situation as both anti&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-696512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115896307086356761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}