Portugal has already removed Portuguese nationals from Iran and is currently carrying out a repatriation operation in Israel

The “most complex” situation was that of Iran, Paulo Rangel stressed. “Yesterday [Sunday], four Portuguese people left by land for Azerbaijan. In the meantime, one had already left via Turkey, and there are three expatriates who are still there, but they have their own means to return,” he explained.

“Then, the second most complex issue is obviously that of citizens who are in Israel. We have 130 requests for repatriation, a very significant proportion of which are citizens who were in transit or who are on tourism, or who were working and who were obviously left without planes,” the minister added.

At a press conference, Rangel stated that “an operation has already begun to bring them to Portugal”, admitting “greater risks” because “it involves long journeys by road”.

The war between Israel and Iran was triggered in the early hours of June 13 by Israeli bombings of Iranian military and nuclear facilities, killing military leaders, scientists and civilians.

The dead included at least 15 senior officers, Tehran confirmed, including the chief of the General Staff of the armed forces, General Mohamad Hossein Baqari, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, and the head of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

Iran retaliated with hundreds of missiles against Israel.

The conflict has already left dozens dead and hundreds injured on both sides.