Which countries are urging citizens to leave Iran amid US threat of force?
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Countries issue warnings for citizens to leave Iran amid potential US military strikes.
A growing number of countries have warned their citizens in Iran to leave amid the threat of possible strikes by the United States.
The warnings, continuing this week, come as diplomats and mediators will mount a last-ditch push to defuse soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear programme amid a massive US military build-up in the Middle East.
A third round of indirect talks between US and Iranian diplomats is scheduled for Thursday in Geneva.
On Monday, reports said the US State Department was pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday struck a belligerent tone against Iran during his State of the Union speech, accusing Tehran of attempting to rebuild its nuclear programme that was hit by US strikes last year and claiming the country had missiles that could reach the US mainland, without providing evidence. But he also said his preference was a diplomatic resolution.
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