Nearly 1,200 have returned from Iran since Feb 28
New Delhi, April 2 -- Nearly 1,200 Indian nationals, most of them students, have left Iran since the start of the West Asia conflict by crossing via land borders to Armenia and Azerbaijan, while three Indians were injured in attacks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials of the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday.
About 9,000 Indians were in Iran when military strikes by Israel and the Unites States on February 28 triggered the conflict.
"Our embassy in Tehran has facilitated the movement of 1,171 Indian nationals to exit Iran via the land borders," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a media briefing.
"From there, our nationals have been flying back to India," he said....
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