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Diplomatic and other staff stationed at the Bangladesh Mission in Tehran are likely to be shifted to a safer location any day now due to the escalation in Iran-Israel war.
The mission is in touch with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this regard, said a diplomatic source.
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, according to UNB.
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.
The number of documented Bangladeshis living in Iran is less than 2000.