Another batch of 290 Indian nationals including students, mostly from Jammu and Kashmir, and religious pilgrims arrived in Delhi late Friday night after Iran opened its airspace restrictions for India's Operation Sindhu.
In a special gesture, the West Asian country which is currently in a war with Israel, opened its airspace for three flights to evacuate about 1,000 Indians. This was the first of the three flights, reported NDTV.
#OperationSindhu flight brings citizens home.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 20, 2025
🇮🇳 evacuated 290 Indian nationals from Iran, including students and religious pilgrims by a charter flight. The flight arrived in New Delhi at 2330 hrs on 20 June and was received by Secretary (CPV& OIA) Arun Chatterjee.
Government… pic.twitter.com/ZORq0aeza5
The Indian nationals were moved to Mashhad from Tehran after the Israeli attack. The evacuation flights were arranged by New Delhi and operated by Iranian airline Mahan.
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