Overview

• Students of Urmia Medical University, including 90 from Jammu and Kashmir, traveled by road into Armenia before boarding the special flight back to Delhi.
• The Indian embassy in Tehran and missions in Yerevan coordinated the crossings, with Iranian and Armenian authorities facilitating safe passage.
• The Ministry of External Affairs has set up a 24x7 control room in New Delhi and prepared additional aircraft to address over 350 evacuation requests, including flights from Turkmenistan.
• Officials say around five Indian students were injured when an Israeli air strike hit a medical students’ dormitory in Tehran, prompting relocations to Qom and other safer areas.
• Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile and drone attacks that have killed and wounded hundreds on both sides and raised fears of a wider regional escalation.