Jakarta, June 17 -- Indonesia's Foreign Ministry confirmed that Indonesians in Iran and Israel remain safe amid the escalating conflict and missile attacks between the two countries since last week.

"We continue to communicate with the Indonesians. There are no Indonesians affected so far," Judha Nugraha, the ministry's director for the protection of Indonesians, noted in his written statement on Monday.

According to the ministry's data, there are 386 Indonesians in Iran, mostly students in Qom City, and 194 Indonesians in Israel, he noted.

He affirmed that the ministry, along with Indonesian embassies in the Middle East, particularly in Amman and Tehran, will keep monitoring developments in Iran and Israel as well as the condition of ...