Overview
- Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi asked External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to evacuate Ayman Fatima, a medical student reported stranded in Tehran.
- Fatima studies at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; her passport is reportedly with university authorities and her family has been unable to contact her while her father is in the UAE.
- India’s embassy in Tehran issued a new advisory telling all Indians to leave by available transport, cautioning against travel to Iran and urging people to keep documents ready and stay in touch with the mission.
- News reports link the advisory to large anti-government protests and a reported death toll exceeding 2,500, with tensions heightening regional security concerns.
- Owaisi also called for a broader evacuation plan for Indian students, citing internet outages, financial hurdles, and claims that universities are withholding passports, and he said Jaishankar had spoken with his Iranian counterpart.