A State Department cable circulated to diplomats Friday revealed that hundreds of American citizens have fled Iran through its land borders in the week since Israel began bombing nuclear and military facilities inside the Islamic Republic.
The cable showed that a large number of Americans were in harm’s way not only from Israeli strikes, but also from Iranian harassment, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The cable noted that multiple U.S. citizens trying to flee have encountered “delays and harassment” from Iranian authorities and that there are a small number of unconfirmed reports of Americans being detained and imprisoned. The cable said U.S. diplomats were closely tracking such reports.
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