Iran's Mehr agency, citing Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth, reported the US State
Department has paused plans to redeploy diplomatic personnel to the Middle East,
including Israel, amid rising US‑Iran military tensions. The item cites an
Israeli source that has not been independently verified and no other major
English‑language outlets have reported it; this follows a New York Times report
on Aug. 28 that the White House had decided to return staff withdrawn over the
Iran escalation.
