Foreign Ministry: Asking Norwegians to leave Iran

Foreign Ministry: Asking Norwegians to leave Iran

Iranians pass a mural of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran today. Photo: Abdeen Taher Kanara/EPA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tightens travel advice for Norwegian citizens to Iran.

Due to the unpredictable security situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is tightening travel advice for Iran, and encouraging Norwegian citizens to leave the country.

The updated travel advice comes three days later Iran's attack on Israel.

Israel said it would respond to the attack, which several countries, including Norway, warned against.

– Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Monday of this week that it would not be wise for Israel to attack targets in Iran now, and it would not be possible to defend them by referring to international law.

Protected by Iron Dome: Iran on Saturday sent several hundred drones and missiles to Israel. Only a few of them reached their target, and most of them were shot down by Israeli missile defenses. Israel promised revenge. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters/NTB

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Hard stuff: One of several ballistic missiles Iran sent against Israel on Saturday. It was shot down and ended up on the shore of the Dead Sea. Photograph: Alon Ben Mordechai/Reuters/NTB

Postponing the war meeting

The Israeli War Council was supposed to meet on Tuesday evening to discuss how to respond to the Iranian attack. This would have been the third meeting of the War Cabinet after the missile attack by Iran. Now, however, the meeting has been postponed to tomorrow, writes NTB.

The leadership in Tehran said Saturday's attack was in response to the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, on April 1. Seven Iranian officers were killed.

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