New Delhi, June 23 -- The Indian government will operate three additional evacuation flights from Iran over the next two to three days as part of its ongoing 'Operation Sindhu', Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita said on Sunday.

So far, 1,713 Indian nationals have been evacuated from conflict-hit Iran. The latest batch of 285 Indians arrived in New Delhi late on June 22 on a special flight from Mashhad and was received by Minister Margherita at the Airport. This marks the eighth batch of Indians brought home as part of the ongoing operation.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the latest group included people from several states such as Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasth...