Tehran: Indian students have been moved out of Tehran and some Indian nationals have been helped to leave Iran via the land border with Armenia, the external affairs ministry said on Tuesday. This comes amid the continuing military clashes between Iran and Israel.
Since the weekend, Indian authorities had begun relocating Indian students in Iran to safer places. Iran is home to more than 4,000 Indian nationals. About half of the Indian there are students. Many of the students are from Jammu and Kashmir.
The external affairs ministry statement did not cite the exact number of Indian students who had been moved out of the capital city or mention where they had been taken.
“Separately, some Indians had been facilitated to leave Iran through the border with Armenia,” the statement read.
According to reports, external affairs minister S Jaishankar had spoken to his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan on Monday to discuss the evacuation of Indians from Iran via the land border. The country has shut its airspace due to airstrikes and bombings.
The external affairs ministry said other Indian nationals, “who are self-sufficient in terms of transport have also been advised to move out of [Tehran] in view of the developing situation”.
