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Sri Lankans offered assistance to leave Iran

19 Jun, 2025

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Sri Lankans have been offered assistance to leave Iran where a deadly conflict is ongoing involving Israel.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism said that the Sri Lanka Embassy in Tehran has been temporarily relocated owing to the prevailing situation.

The embassy has been relocated to:

Address : Amini Villa, Kohestan Alley, Imam Khomeini Street, Owlom, Masal, Rasht

Contact Numbers : +98 939 205 5161/ +98 991 205 7522/ +98 936 636 0260

E-mail address : slembiran@yahoo.com

Any Sri Lankan who wishes to leave Iran or requires assistance have been asked to be in contact with the Embassy on the above contact details.

Iranians face a nationwide internet blackout as Israeli strikes continue to pummel the country, including the capital Tehran.

NetBlocks, an internet watchdog run by British human rights advocate Alp Toker, reported mid-Thursday (Australia time) that Iran had been offline for more than 12 hours.

It said authorities had imposed a nation-wide internet shutdown, citing Israel’s alleged “misuse” of the network for military purposes.

The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists said on Thursday that at least 639 people — of whom it had identified 263 civilians and 154 security force personnel — had been killed in Iran.

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