On March 2, Chinese citizens in Iran board buses departing from Tehran for the Astara border crossing.

Majority of Chinese citizens in Iran have evacuated from the country, the Global Times learned from the Iran Federation of Chinese Organizations. In light of the increasingly severe and complex local security situation, and multiple explosions have occurred near the location of the association, the association's temporary evacuation task force is expected to leave Iran on Tuesday. Follow-up evacuation will be conducted under the overall arrangement of the Chinese Embassy in Iran.

Follow-up evacuation efforts will continue under the overall arrangements of the Chinese Embassy in Iran and be carried out as appropriate based on actual circumstances, the Global Times learned. 

the Iran Federation of Chinese Organizations is currently the only local overseas Chinese organization in Iran with the capacity to organize the evacuation of Chinese nationals. Tan Xiaolin, vice president of the association and head of the temporary evacuation task force, said in a video interview in Tehran that, following the evacuation of two groups totaling about 210 Chinese citizens on Monday, Chinese nationals in Iran who had expressed a desire to leave have now basically all departed, and the evacuation work has come to a temporary conclusion. It is understood that around 200 Chinese citizens remain in cities such as Tabriz and Qom, who, due to work arrangements or personal choice, have decided not to leave for the time being.

"Since the military operations launched by the US and Israel against Iran on Saturday, we have arranged five batches of evacuations, totaling around 400 people. Since the situation in Iran became more complicated at the end of last year, more than 3,000 Chinese citizens have been evacuated cumulatively," said Tan Kai, president of the Iran Federation of Chinese Organizations.

Chinese citizens in Iran gather in Tehran on March 2 while awaiting evacuation. All photos were provided by the Iran Federation of Chinese Organizations.

As the vast majority of Chinese nationals in Iran are concentrated in Tehran and surrounding areas, Tehran has served as the assembly point for evacuation. After gathering in Tehran, evacuees traveled by bus for six to eight hours to reach the Astara land border crossing in northern Iran, entering Azerbaijan from Iran's Astara crossing. After entering Azerbaijan, the Chinese Embassy in Azerbaijan and local overseas Chinese organizations in Azerbaijan are responsible for subsequent arrangements. "The vast majority of our compatriots choose to fly back to China after entering Azerbaijan," Tan Kai said.

Following the outbreak of military conflict among the US, Israel and Iran on Saturday, Iran closed its airspace nationwide and suspended civil aviation. At present, departure from Iran is only possible through several limited land border crossings. The Astara crossing in northern Iran, near the Caspian Sea, offers relatively good road conditions from Tehran and passes through areas with fewer military facilities, making it comparatively safer.

The military conflict among the US, Israel and Iran has now entered its fourth day. From Monday afternoon to the early hours of Tuesday local time, the US and Israel launched a new round of airstrikes on Tehran, with multiple explosions heard across the city.

In the early hours of March 3 local time, fresh explosions are reported in Tehran, the capital of Iran.