Overview
- All India Medical Students Association asked External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to safeguard nearly 3,000 Indian medical students in Iran with helplines, advisories, and contingency or evacuation plans.
- Students report suspended classes and postponed exams, with the Indian Embassy instructing them to stay in dormitories as security presence and closures persist in cities including Tehran and Isfahan.
- State media IRNA reported that protests over soaring prices have extended to multiple cities, with at least nine people killed and 44 arrested so far.
- A large share of these students are from Jammu & Kashmir, and the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention.
- No public evacuation announcement from the Indian government is cited in these reports, though last year’s Operation Sindhu demonstrated capacity to repatriate thousands from Iran.