Photo used for representational purposes. Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at the United Nations Headquarters on June 13, 2025 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Beijing: China on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave Iran "as soon as possible" as Tehran's conflict with Israel escalated.
"The Chinese Embassy in Iran has coordinated with the Iranian side to facilitate outbound travel and reminds Chinese citizens currently in Iran to leave the country... as soon as possible", the embassy wrote in an online post.
