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3,597 Operation Sindhu 818

Indians were Indians were
brought back Another Successful brought back
from Iran Evacuation Mission from Israel
till June 30 till June 30

19 special flights, including 3 IAF aircraft, were used. 14 OCI cardholders, 9 Nepali
nationals, 4 Sri Lankan nationals, and 1 Iranian spouse of 1 Indian national were
also evacuated from Iran.

n More than 10 thousand n The Ministry of n Iran shares its border with
Indians live in Iran. About External Affairs also 7 countries. These countries
6,000 of them are students. set up a 24-hour are Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Because of the conflict control room in New Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
with Israel, India wrote the Delhi to stay in touch Turkey, and Iraq. Apart from this, it
script of Operation Sindhu with Indian citizens. has a maritime border with Oman.
on June 18. The purpose
was to bring every Indian n India chose the route of
back to the country safely. Armenia to evacuate its people.
For Indians living in Israel, Under this, the route chosen was 110
the embassy also issued an to bring people from Iran to the Indian students
advisory on June 19 and Armenia border by road and arrived in Delhi on
announced necessary help then from the capital, Yerevan, to the morning of 19
for those wishing to leave. A Delhi by air. June aboard the
link was also issued for those first plane.
Indian citizens who have not
registered themselves with the
embassy. n Iran also took a special
The Indian Embassy in step and opened its
n
Tehran, in collaboration with airspace to facilitate
the Mission in Armenia, India’s evacuation
began actively transferring operation.
citizens from high-risk areas
of Iran to safe areas.

'OPERATION SINDHU': A LIFE-SAVIOUR various media platforms. Amidst the growing tension
When someone gets trapped in a war-torn area, they between Iran and Israel, the Government of India
go through a lot of hardships. When missiles were stated on June 19 that a campaign will be launched
passing over the students' hostel during the Iran-Is- to bring back Indian citizens who wish to return from
rael conflict, the kind of fear that they experienced the conflict-torn area. For this, websites, control
can only be felt. What must be going on in the minds room numbers, e-mails etc. were issued. The Indian
of Indian citizens and students can be understood Embassy had already issued an advisory. The Govern-
very well from the examples of students returning ment of India said in its statement that the situation
to their homeland and their views coming through is being constantly monitored so that Indian citizens

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