Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, diplomats and staff stationed at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tehran are likely to be relocated to a safer location any day now, considering the deteriorating security situation in the Iranian capital.

According to a diplomatic source, the mission is in touch with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the matter.

“The chancery is not safe,” said the source, noting that there is sensitive infrastructure (first nuclear research centre of Tehran University) located within one kilometre of it. Attempts were made to destroy it in the past days.

Additionally, one of the two communication (internet) hubs of Tehran is also very close to the chancery.

Officers and staff of the Embassy fear becoming collateral damage of any attack on those infrastructures.

Meanwhile, Bangladeshi citizens living in Iran and their relatives in Bangladesh have been informed that the Bangladesh Embassy in Tehran and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka set up a hotline for emergency communication in the current situation.

All Bangladeshi citizens living in Iran and their relatives in Bangladesh can directly contact the following mobile phone numbers (including WhatsApp) of the Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in case of emergency:

Bangladesh Embassy, Tehran Hotline:

1. +989908577368

2. +989122065745

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka Hotline:

+8801712012847

The number of documented Bangladeshis living in Iran is less than 2000.

Source: UNB