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.
The second batch of 443 Indians were evacuated from Israel on Monday through the country's borders with Jordan and Egypt, PTI reported. They were to take flights to India from Jordan and Egypt arranged by the external affairs ministry in coordination with Indian missions in the two countries.
The first batch of 160 persons had left Israel for Jordan on Sunday and were to board a flight to India on Monday, according to the news agency.
#WATCH | Operation Sindhu | 292 Indian nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad at 3:30 am today.
2295 Indian nationals have now been brought home from Iran, tweets MEA Official Spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal. pic.twitter.com/tqP3VDKJzZ
— ANI (@ANI) June 24, 2025
The latest round of the conflict between Israel and Iran started on June 13 when the Israeli military struck what it claimed were nuclear targets, and also other sites, in Iran with the aim of stalling Tehran's nuclear programme. Iran retaliated with missile attacks on Israel.
On Sunday, the United States joined Israel's war against Iran. US President Donald Trump had said that the country carried out a 'very successful attack' on Iranian nuclear sites of Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan.
The continued attacks had led to concerns of a wider conflict in the region.
On Monday, Trump claimed that Iran and Israel had agreed to a 'complete and total' ceasefire after 10 days of hostilities.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi initially said that there had been no agreement on a ceasefire. However, he added minutes later that the Iranian military operation 'continued until the very last minute ', till 4 am local time.
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