India has evacuated 272 Indian and three Nepalese nationals from Iran following the conflict with Israel, officials said on Thursday.
A special flight carrying them arrived in Delhi a little past midnight from the Iranian city of Mashhad.
“#OperationSindhu update 272 Indian and 3 Nepalese nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad at 00:01 hrs on 26th June. 3426 Indian nationals have been brought home from Iran as part of #OperationSindhu,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X.
India on Wednesday had evacuated 296 Indian citizens and four Nepalese nationals from Iran.
India on Tuesday had evacuated more than 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel.
-PTI
