India has announced launching ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran as the Persian Gulf nation’s conflict with Israel showed no sign of letting up.
According to PTI, Even as India kicked off the evacuation mission, there were reports of some Indian students sustaining injuries in a strike on a medical students’ dormitory in Keshavarz street area in Tehran.
Iranian embassy officials in Delhi said the Iranian foreign ministry was in close touch with the Indian mission in Tehran after some students were injured.
There was no immediate comment on the reported incident from the Indian side.
“India accords highest priority to the safety and security of Indian nationals abroad,” the ministry of external affairs said.
More than 4,000 Indian nationals are living in Iran and half of them are students.
The MEA said the Indian embassy in Tehran has evacuated 110 Indian students from northern Iran, assisting them in safely crossing over into Armenia
