New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- An emergency travel certificate has been issued to Akshay Harish, an Indian seafarer from Keralam stranded at Chabahar Port in Iran, paving the way for his earliest possible return home, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed on Friday.

Akshay Harish, a young seafarer and native of Prakkulam in Kollam, has been left stranded in Iran without a passport or travel documents following a series of disruptions involving his shipping vessel, regional conflict, and missing paperwork.

Addressing concerns over his safety, Jaiswal said the Indian Embassy in Tehran and the Consulate in Bandar Abbas intervened immediately after Harish contacted the mission on November 9.

"The well-being and safety ...