The UK has withdrawn its staff from the embassy in Iran as tension continue to escalate in the region.

Foreign Office officials confirmed to GB News the embassy "continues to operate remotely" as charter flights are being arranged for British nationals from Tel Aviv.

The UK has joined Switzerland and Bulgaria who have also withdrawn their diplomatic staff from Tehran.

Earlier this week, Britain said it was withdrawing the family members of its embassy staff in Israel.

Slogans written on the wall of the British Embassy in Tehran last year

The embassy has been the site of protests since the start of the war in Gaza

A Foreign Office spokesman told GB News: "Due to the current security situation, we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw our UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely.

"We take the protection of our staff and British nationals extremely seriously and we have long advised against all travel to Iran."

In a statement released earlier today, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "As part of our efforts to support British nationals in the Middle East, the government is working with the Israeli authorities to provide charter flights from Tel Aviv airport when airspace reopens."

Israel's main international gateway, Ben Gurion Airport, closed last week due to Israel and Iran's spiralling air war.

A missile launched from Iran is intercepted, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, Tel Aviv,

An Iranian carries a placard during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran earlier today