2,295 Indians evacuated from Iran so far, says MEA
Two-thousand two-hundred and ninety-five Indians have been evacuated from Iran amid the conflict in West Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
Two-hundred and ninety-two Indian citizens arrived in New Delhi on board a special flight from the Iranian city of Mashhad at 3.30 am on Tuesday as part of Operation Sindhu, said ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.
Another flight with 290 Indians and one Sri Lankan citizen had arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad at 7.15 pm on Monday.
The first evacuation flight arrived in New Delhi on Thursday. This was followed by a series of special flights.
A group of 161 Indian citizens evacuated from Israel arrived in New Delhi on a special flight on Tuesday morning.
Separately, an Indian Air Force aircraft on Tuesday morning brought back to New Delhi 165 Indians who were evacuated from Israel.
Both flights arrived from Amman, the capital of Jordan.
The first batch of 160 persons had left Israel for Jordan on Sunday, PTI reported. The second batch of 443 Indians were evacuated from Israel on Monday through the country's borders with Jordan and Egypt, according to the news agency.