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Keeping in mind its close ties with India, Iran allowed three Indian flights to operate from its airspace to evacuate trapped nationals mostly students.

Iran’s Deputy Chief of Mission to India Mohammad Javad Hosseini was quoted in media that three special flights from Mashad will bring back stranded Indian nationals to Delhi.

The first flight will land tonight at 2315 Hrs. The second and third flights are scheduled for Saturday, one in the morning and another in the evening.

A total of 1000 Indian nationals were relocated from Tehran to Mashad via Qom. From Mashad they will be flown to Delhi, Mr Hosseini said.

It may be recalled that under Operation Sindhu launched by India to evacuate Indian nationals from war torn areas of Iran, 110 Indian students were brought back home on Wednesday.

The evacuated Indians were from northern Iran and transported to Yerevan, Armenia, by road. From Yerevan they boarded a special flight to New Delhi on June 19 early morning.

It is estimated that more than 4,000 Indian nationals are living in Iran and most of them are students.