Focus Taiwan
Date: 01/08/2020
By: Elaine Hou and Emerson Lim

Taipei, Jan 8 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has advised Taiwanese in Iran to exercise caution and maintain close contact with Taiwan's representative office in the region as tensions between Iran and the United States escalate.

Tehran fired at least two waves of missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. troops on Wednesday morning in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad on Jan. 3 that killed Iranian military commander Qassim Suleimani.

"There are an estimated 15 Taiwanese nationals residing in Iran, most of whom are either businessmen or Taiwanese women married to Iranians and their children. The majority of them live in Tehran," MOFA spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) said Wednesday.

"Our expatriates in Iran are all safe and the Commercial Office of Taipei in Dubai is closely monitoring the situation," Ou said.    [FULL  STORY]