Hyderabad, Jan. 15 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi raised concerns over the safety and well-being of Indian students stranded in Iran amid the ongoing unrest while urging the Centre to urgently put in place an evacuation plan.

Referring to recent diplomatic outreach, he said it was reassuring that External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar had spoken with his Iranian counterpart, but stressed that immediate ground-level action was required.

Owaisi said he had received distress calls from parents of Indian students studying at Shahid Beheshti University, where over 70 to 80 students from India are currently enrolled, with five to eight hailing from Hyderabad.

"It's good that EAM Dr S Jaishankar...