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The Jammu and Kashmir Government connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) appointed a nodal serviceman to coordinate with the Centre and diplomatic authorities for the information and imaginable evacuation of residents and students from the Union Territory stranded successful Iran amid the prevailing hostility there.
In a related development, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) claimed that the archetypal batch of students is apt to instrumentality to India connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
According to a authorities bid issued by the General Administration Department, Additional Resident Commissioner Anil Sharma has been designated arsenic the serviceman for coordination and liaison successful respect of residents and students of Jammu and Kashmir presently residing oregon studying successful Iran.
The serviceman has been tasked with coordinating with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India, the acrophobic Indian embassy and consular authorities, and different applicable agencies to facilitate accusation sharing, coordination and indispensable interventions relating to the safety, welfare, question facilitation and related matters of students from the Union Territory.
The large reckoning: On the crises successful Iran
The assignment comes amid a rapidly deteriorating information concern successful Iran pursuing wide protests and rising fears of further escalation, prompting concerns among families of Indian students, peculiarly those from Kashmir.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) said helium spoke to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar regarding the evolving concern successful Iran and was assured that each indispensable steps were being taken to safeguard the interests of students from Jammu and Kashmir caught successful the turmoil.
India has already advised its nationals residing successful Iran to permission the state by disposable means and debar immoderate further question there.
Meanwhile, the JKSA said Iran has reopened its airspace to civilian postulation aft a impermanent closure, bringing a measurement of alleviation to anxious students and their families. The relation claimed that the archetypal evacuation formation from Tehran to Delhi is scheduled to depart connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
"All students person been duly registered, the Indian embassy has collected their idiosyncratic details and passports, and the archetypal batch has been informed to stay acceptable by 8 a.m.," the JKSA said successful a statement.
It further said students from Golestan University, on with a fewer students from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, are apt to beryllium portion of the archetypal evacuation batch.
The last rider database is expected to beryllium shared aboriginal connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) erstwhile confirmed by the authorities, it said.
The JKSA said it has been successful interaction with respective Indian students, including those from Kashmir, studying successful Shiraz, Arak and different cities successful Iran, galore of whom person booked tickets and are expected to get from Friday (January 16, 2026) onwards, taxable to clearances from the Iranian authorities and the prevailing information situation.
Parents of Kashmiri students person besides appealed to the Centre to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of their children, with respective acrophobic families gathering astatine the Press Enclave successful Srinagar connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) to question contiguous authorities intervention.
