New Delhi, June 20 -- In an exemption for India, Iran will ease airspace restrictions for three evacuation flights, which will bring back around 1,000 Indians.

According to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), majority of these Indians are students and pilgrims who were moved to Tehran from Mashhad. The three flights - one of which will reach India late on Friday night - will be operated by Iranian airlines. Two more flights are expected to reach India by tomorrow afternoon.

Assuring India that all its citizens are safe in Iran, officials said more flights will be organised if needed. Iran shut its airspace until further notice after Israel carried out air strikes on multiple targets across the country, including the capit...