The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that a special evacuation flight from Armenia carrying 173 Indian nationals living in Iran landed in the Delhi late in the evening. The special evacuation flight from Yerevan, Armenia, with 173 Indian nationals from Iran, landed at 10:30 PM (IST) on Thursday.

“#OperationSindhu A special evacuation flight from Yerevan, Armenia, landed in New Delhi at 22:30 hrs on 26th June, bringing home 173 Indian nationals from Iran,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X.

Earlier on June 26, a special flight carrying 272 Indian nationals and three Nepalese citizens from Iran landed in New Delhi from Mashhad at 5:31 AM IST on June 26, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

With this latest evacuation, the total number of Indian nationals brought back from Iran under Operation Sindhu has reached 3,426.”

Evacuees expressed gratitude to the government for bringing them back safely to India under Operation Sindhu.

“The government helped us in every aspect; they did whatever they could,” said an Indian student who has been evacuated from Iran.

Another student thanked the government and said, “I thank our Prime Minister, External Affairs Ministry, on behalf of all the students, as we received very good facilities.”

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