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India ramps up evacuation efforts as distress calls pour in from Iran

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June 18, 2025

110 students safely shifted to Armenia; over 1,000 people of Uttar Pradesh stranded in Iran

- JAYANTH JACOB & NAMITA BAJPAI @New Delhi / Lucknow

AS military tensions between Iran and Israel escalate, India has launched a wide-scale evacuation mission, deploying several buses to transport its citizens from the Iranian cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Gorgan, and Kermanshah to safer zones near the Armenia border.

So far, 110 Indian students have been safely evacuated to Armenia, with a special flight to Delhi scheduled for Wednesday.

Over 1,000 people from Uttar Pradesh are also among those stranded in Iran. Sources said many of them are pilgrims visiting Shia holy sites in Iran.

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