Jun 23, 2025 11:10 PM IST

161 individuals evacuated from Israel and moved to Amman would return on a chartered flight late on Monday, the primary batch of Indians to be evacuated from Israel

NEW DELHI: India evacuated greater than 2,000 of its nationals from Iran by Monday night and chartered flights have been set to carry again extra Indians from Iran and Israel following an escalation in hostilities between the West Asian nations.

This UGC picture posted on social media on June 23, 2025 exhibits a plume of smoke billowing after Israeli strikes in Tehran the identical day. Israel mentioned it struck Iran Revolutionary Guards websites in Tehran and town’s infamous Evin jail on June 23, intensifying its assaults a day after the United States hit the Islamic republic’s nuclear amenities (AFP PHOTO / UGC / ANONYMOUS)

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A complete of 291 individuals, together with one Sri Lankan citizen, have been evacuated from the Iranian metropolis of Mashhad on a particular flight that reached New Delhi on Monday night, exterior affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned on social media.

“With this, 2,003 Indian nationals have been introduced again safely from Iran to this point,” Jaiswal mentioned.

Sri Lankan scholar Fathima Iman Fazir was additionally on the flight from Mashhad that was a part of India’s evacuation effort. The governments of Nepal and Sri Lanka had sought India’s help in evacuating their nationals from Iran final week.

Another flight from Mashhad is anticipated to land in New Delhi early on Tuesday.

A gaggle of 161 Indian nationals, evacuated from Israel and moved to Amman in Jordan by street, would return on a chartered flight late on Monday, officers mentioned. This is the primary batch of Indians to be evacuated from Israel.

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India had earlier suggested its residents who needed to depart Israel to journey by land border crossing to both Jordan or Egypt, from the place they might be evacuated on particular flights.

Last week, India launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate its nationals from Iran and Israel. Indians in Iran have been initially moved to Armenia by street earlier than particular chartered flights have been organized from the Iranian metropolis of Mashhad after authorities eased airspace restrictions final Friday as a particular gesture.

The Indian embassy in Tehran has already introduced that every one Indian nationals in Iran shall be evacuated. Iran is dwelling to about 10,000 Indians, lots of them college students enrolled in skilled programs, and a sizeable variety of Indian pilgrims have been within the nation when hostilities erupted after Israel’s air strikes on June 13.

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There are greater than 32,000 Indians in Israel, lots of them care-givers and building employees employed in current months to exchange Palestinians.