India, March 1 -- The most immediately vulnerable are the estimated 9,000 to 10,000 Indians in Iran - mostly religious pilgrims and students without employer-backed infrastructure or corporate evacuation plans. The Indian Embassy in Tehran urged nationals to "exercise utmost caution, avoid unnecessary movements and remain indoors as far as possible." Strikes have hit areas around Supreme Leader Khamenei's offices and residence in Tehran and cities nationwide; 85 people were reported killed at a girls' school in Minab, Hormozgan province. For Indians scattered across the country with limited institutional support, the situation is acutely dangerous. The wider Gulf picture is less immediately perilous but vastly larger. The six GCC countries ...