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Kazakh President Orders Emergency Planning as Iran Tensions Escalate

By Assel Satubaldina on 28 February 2026

ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed Kazakhstan’s Security Council and law enforcement agencies to prepare an emergency response plan amid escalating tensions around Iran and the potential risk of instability affecting the country, said presidential press secretary Aibek Smadiyarov on Feb. 28.  Tokayev tasked Security Council Secretary Gizat...