Srinagar, June 18 -- Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, at least 110 Indian students, including 90 from Kashmir, were safely evacuated to Armenia. Iran is home to more than 4,000 Indian nationals, about half of them students. Many of the students are from Jammu and Kashmir and are enrolled in medical and other professional courses.Jammu and Kashmir students' association president Nasir Khuhami, who has been in touch with the stranded students, said, "Ninety students from Kashmir valley, along with others from variousstates, which takes the number to 110, have crossed into Armenia. Most of them are students of Urmia Medical University." Apart from that around 600 other students, primarily from Kashmir, have reached the Iranian city of Qom. "They had left Tehran on Monday morning. They will be staying in a hotel for three days, as arranged jointly by the university and the Indian Embassy."The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said the Indian Embassy remains continuously in touch with the community with a view to extending all feasible assistance." Indian students in Tehran have been moved out of the city for reasons of safety, through arrangements made by the Embassy," it said. htc...