Operation Sindhu: Flight Carrying 290 Indians From Conflict-Hit Iran Safely Lands In Delhi
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/ Jun 22, 2025, 01:36PM IST
Under Operation Sindhu, 290 Indian nationals have returned home safely from Iran on a special flight from Mashhad. With this, till now, a total of 1,117 Indian citizens have been evacuated from Iran under Operation Sindhu. Naveed, a 2nd-year MBBS student from Kashmir and one of the Indian nationals evacuated from Iran under Operation Sindhu, expressed his gratitude, saying, 'I feel very good now. I am thankful to India. They evacuated us.'#operationsindhu #indiansiniran #evacuation #iranconflict #kashmiristudent #humanitarianmission #mea #indiandiaspora #middleeast #foreignpolicyindia #mashhadflight #delhiairport #iran #israel #us #toi #toibharat
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