(Reuters) -Countries around the world are taking measures to evacuate their citizens from Israel and Iran as the two nations enter the seventh day of their air war and airspace in the region remains closed.

The United States' security interests in Iran do not justify direct American involvement in the ongoing war between the Islamic Republic and Israel, and specifically do not justify the direct attack on an Iranian nuclear facility the Israeli government wants.

In a rare interview with the Iranian government from inside Tehran, Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet it would be "a big mistake" for President Trump to join Israel's bombing campaign.