110 Indian Students Reached Delhi: 110 Indian students stranded in Iran amid the Iran-Israel War have reached India safely after India launched ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate people stranded in Iran. 110 Indian medical students landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. 90 of these students are from Kashmir. All of them were studying medicine at Urmia Medical University in Iran. I
The students were to reach Delhi via Armenia and Doha late on Wednesday evening. However, their flight arrived about 3 hours late. These students evacuated from Iran reached Armenia on Tuesday, where they were put up in hotels in the capital, Yerevan. After this, they were brought to India via Qatar today.
The students praised the role of the Indian authorities: “The Indian embassy and Ministry of External Affairs were very good. They were coordinating with us and remained in touch throughout.”
Mariam Rose, 24, who hails from Delhi’s Trilokpuri, says she was not scared at all. “I was in constant touch with my family and was seeing updates on the internet. So we were not scared at all,” she said. The first thing she did was hug her mother.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has expressed special gratitude to the governments of Iran and Armenia for their cooperation in this entire operation, who helped in making the rescue operation easy and safe.
Due to the worsening of the situation in Iran, the Indian Embassy is constantly trying to send Indian citizens from the war-affected areas to safe areas. Along with this, the Government of India has released emergency contact numbers, WhatsApp numbers and email IDs from where people can seek help.
Students brought from Iran in buses
These students were evacuated in buses from the Norduz checkpoint on the Armenia border. About 10,000 Indians, including 1,500 students, are stranded in Iran. The Iranian Foreign Ministry had said that in the current situation, even though the country’s airports are closed, the land borders are open. The ministry had asked foreign nationals to provide their name, passport number, vehicle details, time of departure from the country and the border they want to cross before leaving Iran.
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