Athens to move Tehran embassy to Azerbaijan

2026-03-12 - 13:04

Early this month, anti-Iranian regime protesters waved pre-1979 Iranian flags as they gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Athens. (AFP pic) ATHENS: Greece became the latest European state to relocate its Iran embassy services from Tehran to Baku in Azerbaijan due to the Middle East war. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Lana Zochiou said the decision was taken owing to “deteriorating security conditions” in Tehran. The move follows Spain, Austria and Italy, which have temporarily closed and relocated their embassies to Baku in recent days because of the US-Israel war on Iran. Switzerland on Wednesday said it was temporarily closing its embassy.