France evacuates non-essential personnel from its embassy in Iran.

According to French media reports on the 12th, non-essential personnel at the French Embassy in Iran have been evacuated, but the embassy is still operating. Agence France-Presse quoted two sources as saying that non-essential personnel at the French Embassy were evacuated on the 11th and 12th. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the French Embassy in Iran remains operational, with the ambassador and his team not evacuated, continuing to provide necessary services for French citizens still in Iran. On the 12th, American media reported that the US State Department has instructed American citizens to leave Iran immediately.