Hundreds of American citizens have departed Iran using land routes over the past week, according to an internal State Department message seen by Reuters.
“Numerous” citizens faced “delays and harassment” while trying to exit, it read.
With Iranian airspace closed, the department has urged Americans wishing to leave to use land routes via Azerbaijan, Armenia or Turkey.
“US nationals are at significant risk of questioning, arrest and detention in Iran,” it said.
Washington is also looking at ways to potentially evacuate its citizens from Israel.
As of Friday, more than 6,400 US citizens filled out a form indicating they wanted departure assistance, a separate internal department email seen by Reuters said.
But the Trump administration has almost no way of assisting Americans inside Iran.
The two countries have had no diplomatic ties since the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
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