90 students from Kashmir Valley among Indians evacuated from Iran: Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association
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SRINAGAR: Ninety students belonging to the Kashmir Valley are set to arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday night after being evacuated to Armenia from Iran amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran.
The Union govt facilitated the evacuation of over 100 Indian students. Visuals showed the students boarding an IndiGo flight to India.
Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association (JKSA), which is in touch with students in Iran, issued a statement expressing 'immense relief for Kashmiri students and their families as 90 students from the Kashmir Valley are set to arrive in New Delhi tonight amid the evacuation operation facilitated by the govt of India'.
'Grateful to Govt of India, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar, for launching this timely evacuation effort and for reassuring anxious families back home during this period of uncertainty. We remain hopeful that all remaining students will be evacuated soon,' the statement read.
JKSA national convener Nasir Khuehami said 600 students, the majority of them Kashmiris, had reached Qom, a Shia holy city in north central Iran.
He also said two Kashmiri students had been injured following the Israeli airstrike on Hujat Dost Ali Hostel in Tehran. 'Both students were wounded by shrapnel; one suffered a hand injury, while the other sustained injuries to both his hand and leg. Fortunately, both are currently in stable condition. The attack has left the students shaken, terrified, and traumatised. However, the(se) students have neither been relocated nor evacuated yet.
' he added.
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