Iran-Israel conflict
‘First batch of 90 Kashmiri students to board flight today;
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said students from the union territory studying in Iran are being taken to Armenia from where they would be brought home.
“I have been in regular touch with Ministry of External Affairs, I spoke to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and he assured me that first the students will be evacuated, under a plan, from those areas where there is more danger, especially from Tehran and Isfahan,” Abdullah said here.
He said the plan first was to evacuate the students to Qum where there was less danger, but because the airports and ports are closed, “so they are being taken over land to Armenia from where they will be brought home safely”.
National Convenor of Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), Nasir Khuehami informed that the that at least 90 students of Kashmir studying in Iran have safely crossed the border into Armenia.
He said that besides Kashmiri students, nearly 20 students from other states have also reached Yerevan.
“All the Indian students who had crossed the Iran-Armenia border have now safely reached Yerevan in Armenia. This includes around 90 students from Kashmir Valley, along with others from various Indian states, making a total of approximately 110 students from Urmia Medical University,” he said.
Khuehami said the students have been received and accommodated at their designated location in hotels. “Their flight from Armenia to Delhi is scheduled for tomorrow, with all necessary arrangements being facilitated in coordination with the Indian authorities,” he said.
Meanwhile, JKSA has appealed to the External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar for the immediate evacuation of Kashmiri students stranded in Iran as the conflict between Iran and Israel intensifies, pushing the region to the brink of a full-scale war.
The association raised alarm over the deteriorating security conditions, warning that hundreds of Indian students, mostly from Jammu and Kashmir, are stranded amid ongoing airstrikes, missile barrages, and widespread fear.
The Embassy of India in Tehran on Monday said it has made arrangements for the evacuation of Indian students and may be permitted to leave the Universities.
The embassy, in an official communique to different universities, said, “We have made arrangements for their evacuation. They may be permitted to leave the university and are being facilitated by the Embassy of India, Tehran.”
At least 600 students of India, mainly from Kashmir, were relocated to safer places on Monday.
