1713 citizens returned home from Iran under Operation Sindhu, another plane with 285 passengers arrived in Delhi

A total of 1713 Indians have been evacuated from Iran under India’s Operation Sindhu amid the Israel-Iran war. The second plane from Mashhad reached New Delhi on Sunday (June 22) night carrying 285 citizens. Earlier, 600 Indians had reached Delhi on June 21, 407 on June 20 and 110 Indians on June 19. Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita said, ‘A special plane carrying 285 Indian citizens has reached New Delhi from Iran. There were 285 Indian citizens on board that plane, mainly from 10 states of Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The total number of Indian citizens evacuated from Iran has now reached 1713. We have planned 2-3 more flights from Iran for the next 2 days. Apart from this, we are also in constant touch with all our Indian citizens living in Iran and Israel.’

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