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India is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Iran successful presumption of the ongoing protests, authoritative sources said connected Thursday (January 15, 2026). MEA sources person told The Hindu that the Embassy of India successful Tehran person started reaching retired to Indian citizens to fig retired the standard of the logistical workout that would beryllium required to alert aggregate airlift sorties betwixt India and Iran.
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The plans for evacuation were started aft External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the evolving concern implicit a telephone telephone connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026). Indian citizens, consisting of students, pilgrims and concern professionals, are concentrated successful ample municipality centres of Iran similar Qom, Tehran and Esfahan and different municipality centres scattered crossed Iran.
Coordination successful the existent circumstances is challenging arsenic Iran continues to achromatic retired net services crossed its territory making connection betwixt the Indian embassy and citizens. However, immoderate Indian citizens particularly students person been capable to stay online arsenic understandably they are capable to entree the net services of neighbouring countries similar Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Officials, however, cautioned that evacuation successful the prevailing concern remains challenging arsenic it would necessitate enactment of the Iranian information services that are presently stretched bladed successful dealing with home instrumentality and bid challenges related to the uprising.
Indian officials cautioned against rumours successful this context, arsenic the question of a ample fig of radical done protest-prone areas whitethorn beryllium risky. Iran had temporarily closed its airspace connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026), but reopened it connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), which has accrued the chances of India sending craft to Tehran. However, the cognition would necessitate sizeable enactment from the Iranian side, officials present suggested.
