{"id":9879,"date":"2024-12-07T22:29:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/iran-denies-embassy-evacuation-in-syria-amid-rising-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T22:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T18:59:40","slug":"iran-denies-embassy-evacuation-in-syria-amid-rising-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/iran-denies-embassy-evacuation-in-syria-amid-rising-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran denies embassy evacuation in Syria amid rising terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5280817.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">Tehran \u2013 Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry has categorically denied recent Western media reports suggesting the evacuation of its embassy staff from Damascus amidst escalating violence in Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Esmail Baqaei, the Ministry&#8217;s spokesperson, asserted on Saturday that the diplomatic mission continues to function normally despite the renewed insurgency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The New York Times reported on Friday that &#8220;evacuations were ordered at the Iranian Embassy in Damascus&#8221; due to the intensifying conflict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The article, citing unnamed sources, suggested that some personnel were allegedly returning to Tehran, while others were traveling by land to Lebanon, Iraq, and the Syrian port city of Latakia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Baqaei, however, dismissed these claims as baseless, emphasizing that no such evacuations are taking place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In an interview with an Iranian news outlet, he reiterated, \u201cThose claims are not true. Iran\u2019s embassy in Damascus remains operational and continues with its routine activities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Moreover, Yaghoub Rezazadeh, an Iranian parliamentarian serving on the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, noted on Saturday: &#8220;There are currently more than 10,000 Iranians in Syria.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Earlier, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized that the Israeli regime and its allied anti-Syria militant groups aim to turn Syria into a hub of terrorism and a threat to the West Asia region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Araghchi reaffirmed that Iran has been a steadfast supporter of the Syrian government and its people, providing assistance upon Damascus&#8217;s requests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The conflict in Syria, ongoing since March 2011, has been exacerbated by foreign-sponsored terrorist activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In late November, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group launched a major offensive in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces, seizing several areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Forces from the Syrian Army have been fighting to recover lost territory. Despite mixed results, they have reportedly eliminated at least 2,000 terrorists in the past week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/507204\/Iran-denies-embassy-evacuation-in-Syria-amid-rising-terrorism\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran \u2013 Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry has categorically denied recent Western media reports suggesting the evacuation of its embassy staff from Damascus amidst escalating violence in Syria. Esmail Baqaei, the Ministry&#8217;s spokesperson, asserted on Saturday that the diplomatic mission continues to function normally despite the renewed insurgency. The New York Times reported on Friday that &#8220;evacuations &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2229,212,10,13,191],"class_list":["post-9879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-damascus","tag-embassy","tag-iran","tag-politics","tag-syria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}