• India launched ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran.

• More than 4,000 Indian nationals are living in Iran and half of them are students.

• The crisis erupted on June 13 when Israel began targeting nuclear and military sites across Iran, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes on Israeli cities.

• In view of the deteriorating situation as a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, India has been taking various steps over the last several days for the safety and security of Indian nationals in Iran.

• The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the Indian embassy in Tehran has evacuated 110 Indian students from northern Iran, assisting them in safely crossing over into Armenia.

• The students travelled by road to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, under the supervision of the Indian missions in Iran and Armenia.

• 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.

• As part of the ongoing operation, the Indian embassy in Iran has been assisting large numbers of Indian nationals in moving from areas seeing increased hostilities to relatively safer areas within the country and to subsequently evacuate them using the available and feasible options.

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