What embassies are telling their citizens to do in Iran and Israel From CNN’s Antoinette Radford, Angus Watson, Azaz Syed, Dhruv Tikekar and Rhea Mogul Countries around the world are urgently advising their nationals in Iran and Israel on how to navigate the escalating conflict. While some nations are working to evacuate their citizens, others are advising them to shelter in place. Here’s what embassies and consulates are telling their nationals to do: The United States: In an update Monday, the US embassy directed all government employees and their family members in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to “shelter in place” and “near their residences until further notice.” “The U.S. Embassy is not in a position at this time to evacuate or directly assist Americans in departing Israel,” it said in a statement.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is aligned with Trump and has argued repeatedly that Iran was on the verge of having a nuclear weapon. Asked last Sunday in an interview if something changed between the end of March and this week and if the US intel was wrong, Netanyahu said: “The intel we got and we shared with the United States was absolutely clear, was absolutely clear that they were working, in a secret plan to weaponize the uranium.” “They were marching very quickly.”
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Trump disputes intel chief Tulsi Gabbard on Iran's nuclear capabilities: "I don't care what she said" President Donald Trump disputed his own director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on how developed Iran’s nuclear capabilities were and said Iran was on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon when Israel struck in recent days. Asked where he personally stands on how close Iran was to getting a nuclear weapon, given what Gabbard testified just months ago, Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “Very close.”
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