New Delhi, June 20 (UNI) In a special gesture, Iran on Friday opened its airspace to allow India evacuate its citizens stranded there.
Iran’s Deputy Chief of Mission to India Mohammad Javad Hosseini told reporters here that three special flights from Mashad will bring back stranded Indian nationals to Delhi.
The first flight will land tonight at 2315 Hrs. The second and third flights are scheduled for Saturday, one in the morning and another in the evening.
A total of 1000 Indian nationals were relocated from Tehran to Mashad via Qom. From Mashad they will be flown to Delhi, Mr Hosseini said.
Under Operation Sindhu launched by India to evacuate Indian nationals from war torn areas of Iran, 110 Indian students were brought back home on Wednesday. They were evacuated from northern Iran and transported to Yerevan, Armenia, by road. From Yerevan they boarded a special flight to New Delhi on June 19 early morning.
More than 4,000 Indian nationals are living in Iran and most of them are students.