Russia has evacuated women, children from Tehran embassy

Published March 5, 2026 Updated March 5, 2026 05:58pm

Russia has evacuated women and children from its embassy in Tehran amid the war in the Middle East, AFP reports quoting officials.

“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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