Italy urges its citizens to leave Iran because of security concerns

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani attends the annual MED Dialogues conference that brings together regional and international experts to discuss security and socio-economic issues in the Mediterranean, in Naples, Italy October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

ROME, Jan 14 (Reuters) - ‌Italy has strongly renewed an appeal ‌to its citizens to leave Iran because ‌of the security situation in the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

There are around ‍600 Italians in Iran, most ‍of them in the ‌Tehran area, it added.