Another flight from Iran carrying 311 Indians lands in Delhi

 

 

 

INDIA on Sunday evacuated more than 300 Indian nationals from Iran amid the escalating tensions between the Persian Gulf nation and Israel following the US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said 311 Indians landed in Delhi on a special flight from the Iranian city of Mashhad. With the fresh batch of evacuees, the total number of those brought back from Iran now stands at 1,428.

 

Three-hundredelevenIndian national s arrived i an New Delhi on a special flight from Mashhad at 1630 hours on June 22, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. Hesaid a total of 1,428Indian nationals have been evacuated from Iran so far. India launched Operation Sindhu last week to bring back Indians from Iran and Israel in view of increasing hostilities between the two nations. IsraelandIranhavefiredhundreds of missiles and drones at each other’s cities and military and strategic facilities since the hostilities began over a week back.