The UK has withdrawn its staff from its embassy in Iran as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East.
Foreign Office officials confirmed to GB News the embassy "continues to operate remotely" as charter flights are being arranged for British nationals to leave Tel Aviv.
The UK has joined Switzerland and Bulgaria who have also withdrawn their diplomatic staff from Tehran.
Earlier this week, Britain said it was withdrawing the family members of its embassy staff in Israel.
Slogans written on the wall of the British Embassy in Tehran last year
GETTY
The embassy has been the site of protests since the start of the war in Gaza
GETTY
A Foreign Office spokesman told GB News: "Due to the current security situation, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw our UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely.
"We take the protection of our staff and British nationals extremely seriously and we have long advised against all travel to Iran."
The UK confirmed its efforts to send charter flights to Israel earlier today.
In a statement, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "As part of our efforts to support British nationals in the Middle East, the Government is working with the Israeli authorities to provide charter flights from Tel Aviv airport when airspace reopens."
However, Israel's main international gateway, Ben Gurion Airport, closed last week due to Israel and Iran's spiralling air war.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
A missile launched from Iran is intercepted, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, Tel Aviv,
REUTERS
An Iranian carries a placard during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran earlier today
GETTY
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has arrived in Geneva for talks
REUTERS
It comes as Iran said it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as European foreign minister tried to encourage Tehran back to the negotiating table.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi told reporters there was no room for negotiations with the US "until Israeli aggression stops".
However, Araqchi later arrived in Geneva for talks with European foreign ministers at which Europe hopes to establish a path back to diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme.
Before the meeting with France, Britain, Germany and the European Union's foreign policy chief, two diplomats said Araqchi would be told the US is still open to direct talks.
But expectations for a breakthrough remain low, diplomats have warned.
A senior Iranian official told reporters Iran was ready to discuss limitations on uranium enrichment but that any proposal for zero enrichment, not being able to enrich uranium at all, would be rejected, "especially now under Israel's strikes".
Most Read
