Foreign Office issues travel advisory for Pakistani nationals regarding Iran

For their safety and security, Pakistani nationals have been advised to avoid all unnecessary travel to Iran until conditions improve, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said in a press statement on Saturday. 

Pakistani nationals currently residing in Iran are urged to exercise extreme caution, remain vigilant, minimise non-essential travel, and stay in regular contact with the Pakistani missions using the contact details provided as follows:

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Embassies of Pakistan in Iran

Tehran

+98-21-66-9413-88/89/90/91 (landline); +98-21-66-9448-88/90 (landline); +98 910 764 8298 (mobile)

Zahidan:

+98 54 33 22 3389 (landline); +989046145412 (mobile)

Mashhad:

+98 910 762 5302; +98 937 180 7175

The travel advisory has been issued as the demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran’s 31 provinces.

With Iran’s anti-government unrest evolving rapidly and foreign pressure mounting, the clerical establishment appears unable, for now, to tackle what has become a crisis of legitimacy at the heart of the republic.

Starting in Tehran with shopkeepers in the Grand Bazaar angered by a sharp slide in the rial currency, the latest protests now involve others - mainly young men rather than the women and girls who played a key role at the Amini protests.

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The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), has reported at least 34 protesters and four security personnel killed, and 2,200 arrested during the unrest, which analysts say highlights a deeper disillusionment with the Shia status quo.