Srinagar, June 16 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the urgent evacuation of Kashmiri students from Iran amid escalating tensions in the Iran-Israel conflict.

"We, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), write to you with deep urgency and grave concern regarding the dire situation faced by hundreds of Kashmiri students currently studying in Iran, following the unprecedented escalation in hostilities between Iran and Israel," JKSA said in the letter.

The JKSA urged the Prime Minister to direct External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take urgent steps to relocate the students to safer areas within Iran and initiate immediate evacuation efforts. This wi...