Since June 21, the official says the US has organised seven flights, most of which have to gone to Athens, Greece, but also to Rome, Italy, and Larnaca, Cyprus.
Other Americans, including nonessential embassy staff and their families, have left via land to Jordan and Egypt, while others have departed Israel by ship. The official did not have statistics for those departures, which do not necessarily involve US government assistance.
There are roughly 700,000 American citizens, most of them dual US-Israeli citizens, believed to be in Israel.
No comment from Israel and Iran UN missions Iran’s mission declined to comment on Trump’s ceasefire post, and the Israeli mission said it had no immediate comment.
Iranian state media also has no word on Tehran response.
Meanwhile, Iranian media reported ongoing Israeli airstrikes, including around Tehran. (AP) SCY SCY