Germany flies home more people stranded in Israel on plane from Amman

German citizens and close family members who were stranded in Israel due to the hostilities with Iran were flown out of the Jordanian capital Amman to Germany on another special flight on Saturday.

The special flight took off from Jordan because the airspace over Israel remains closed, the Foreign Office in Berlin said.

A total of 123 Germans were able to leave the region on the flight, the office wrote on X.

In recent days, the Foreign Office had already organized two charter flights with 345 people on board via Amman airport to Germany.

Two German air force planes carrying another 64 German citizens also landed in Germany from Israel late on Friday.

To support German citizens on the ground, embassy staff are stationed in Amman at the Allenby border crossing between Jordan and Israel, and at Amman airport.

According to information from the Foreign Office, there are currently still around 1,000 Germans in Iran and around 4,000 German nationals in Israel.

The office continues to urge all Germans to register on the Elefand crisis prevention list and to keep their data up to date.

Leaving Iran 'still very difficult'

Leaving Iran is also "still very difficult" for Germans, the Foreign Office said. It has not announced any special flights for people currently in Iran.

The border crossings to Armenia and Turkey are open and departure via these two countries is "possible in principle," it said.

People may also be able to leave via the border between Iran and Azerbaijan "in individual cases."

"There is regular commercial air traffic from Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. The airports and airspace are open. Germans should take advantage of these opportunities to continue their journey to Germany," the German Foreign Office said.

Due to the "volatile security situation" in Iran and Israel, overland travel also poses a high risk, according to the information provided.

Large convoys are "currently not an option" for security reasons, the Foreign Office said, as this would require Germans from different parts of the country to gather at an agreed meeting point.

"This would mean additional long travel and waiting times and thus create a considerable risk of departure in view of the ongoing airstrikes," it said.

German citizens who remain in Iran are therefore also called upon to "weigh up their own options" for leaving the country by land without consular assistance, depending on their individual situation.

Embassy staff in Tehran transferred abroad

The German Foreign Office also temporarily withdrew its embassy staff from Tehran on Saturday, public broadcaster ARD reported.

The staff have been transferred abroad, it said, adding that family members had already left the country. The measures are similar to those taken by other countries, the office said.

The embassy in Tehran remains operational and is available around the clock for Germans in the country.

The move comes after the United Kingdom and Switzerland announced on Friday that they were temporarily closing their embassies in Iran due to the conflict.