New Delhi : Iran has made an exception to its ongoing airspace closure amid cross-border hostilities with Israel, allowing evacuation flights for Indian nationals stranded in the country. Mahan Air chartered flights from Mashhad have been arranged to bring approximately 1,000 Indians back home. The first of these flights is scheduled to land in Delhi tonight.
We have scheduled these chartered flights for the Indians who want to get out, authorities confirmed, This comes two days after India launched ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate its nationals from Iran amid escalating hostilities between Iran and Israel. The operation followed escalating tensions in the Middle East region amid continued Israel’s military strikes inside Iran and the widening scope of the conflict.
110 Indian Students were safely removed out of northern Iran and transported across the border into Armenia. The journey was supervised jointly by the Indian missions in Iran and Armenia. The students then boarded a special flight from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, at 2:55 pm on June 18, and landed safely in New Delhi in the early hours of Thursday.
A day after the successful evacuation of students from Iran, the government on Thursday launched the evacuation for Indians who wish to leave Israel amid growing tensions. Indian nationals will be evacuated through land borders from Israel, following which arrangements will be made for their travel back to India by air.
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