Srinagar, March 16 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Sunday said that the first batch of over 70 Indian students; the majority of them from Jammu and Kashmir, along with several pilgrims, who had been stranded in Iran amid the ongoing war-like situation in the region, safely arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi on a commercial flight this morning.

In a statement here, JKSA said that the students returned to India via a connecting journey through Armenia and Dubai after undertaking a long and difficult land and air transit arranged in coordination with the concerned authorities.

It said the students travelled from different cities in Iran by buses and crossed into Armenia, from where they boarded a Fly...