Italy keeps embassies open in Iran, Israel, arranges charter flights for citizens


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  • Friday, 20 Jun 2025

ROME, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Italy will maintain operations at its embassies in both Tehran and Tel Aviv amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, while organizing charter flights to assist Italian nationals wishing to leave the two countries, Antonio Tajani, minister of the foreign affairs and international cooperation, said on Thursday.

"We are working to facilitate the departure from Iran and Israel of our fellow citizens who intend to leave," Tajani told Italy's ANSA news agency on the sidelines of a European Union (EU) foreign ministers' meeting in Taormina, Sicily.

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