The UK has temporarily withdrawn staff from its embassy in Tehran, as tensions between the US and Iran prompt warnings from a number of countries to their citizens in the Middle East.
The UK Foreign Office said it was a "precautionary measure" and that its embassy in Iran's capital continued to operate remotely.
Meanwhile,the US embassy in Israel told some non-emergency staff and their familieson Friday that they could leave the country.US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee advised staff who wished to leave to "do so TODAY", the New York Times reported.
It comes a day after Washington and Tehran held talks widely seen as a last ditch effort to avoid a warover Iran's nuclear ambitions.
A number of othercountries including China, India and Canada have told their citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible due to the prospectof hostilities.
Huckabee reportedly told embassy staff in an email there was "no need to panic, but for those desiring to leave, it's important to make plans to depart sooner rather than later".
A statement on the embassy's website said they "may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available".
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